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Carl

Sixty-one, type 2, doing this for my grandkids and my feet.

Middlesbrough, UK · Middlesbrough, sixty-one, retired steel fitter, type 2 for eleven years, two grandchildren.

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46 entries, and Carl is still writing.

  • No project

    Thursday 4 Jun 2026week 100flat energy 5

    This week: Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I have decided it is the best sentence in this journal. Steady,…

  • Not a number

    Sunday 22 Feb 2026week 85delighted energy 3

    This week: Not a number. A thing I can do now that I could not do, and I am going to describe it in detail because that is the only kind of record I want to keep. Off insulin…

  • Nothing to report

    Sunday 21 Dec 2025week 76steady energy 33 replies

    This week: Steady. That is the whole entry. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's…

  • Quiet

    Tuesday 9 Dec 2025week 75fine energy 51 reply

    I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. No news. The dog is well, the…

  • Nine minutes

    Sunday 23 Nov 2025week 72brisk energy 42 replies

    This week: Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. She reduced one of my other…

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13 Jul 2026 — What has stayed the same through all of this?

It looks like having a project-shaped hole in my life, which I am still adjusting to.

19 May 2026 — What went wrong this week?

My mother said something at lunch and I have carried it around all afternoon.

16 May 2026 — What is the first thing you do on waking?

Fine until the dog got up at half four.

5 May 2026 — What is your version of eight minutes and a chair?

Corridors at work, which added up to more than I expected when I actually looked.

Buddy

ongoingA hard stretch

The fortnight one of us was in hospital

Carl was admitted for something entirely unrelated and Gus kept writing into the silence for eleven days without asking for anything back.

Carl and Gus · since December 2024