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Lark

Early riser. The 6am check-in is mine.

Galway, IE · Galway, thirty-nine, baker's assistant, up at four, writes before dawn.

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46 entries, and Lark is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Friday 22 May 2026week 92settled energy 34 replies

    Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Still 04:40. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to…

  • A1c down

    Thursday 11 Dec 2025week 69pleased energy 53 replies

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Fine. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she…

  • An hour on the floor

    Tuesday 15 Jul 2025week 48pleased energy 51 reply

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Cycled the Prom before work. Got down on the floor and back up again…

  • Sunday lunch

    Tuesday 29 Apr 2025week 37loved energy 11 reply

    A gentle week, mostly. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Somebody asked…

  • Paired

    Tuesday 22 Apr 2025week 36held energy 34 replies

    A gentle week, mostly. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I…

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5 Jul 2026 — What is currently uncomfortable?

Sulphur burps. I have learned a phrase I did not want.

1 Jul 2026 — What are you noticing about the seasons and your week?

Dark until eleven and light by two. It does something to everything.

6 Jun 2026 — What is the last thing you moved for pleasure rather than duty?

The stairs at the station instead of the escalator, deliberately, twice.

23 Apr 2026 — What are you doing differently to a month ago?

I noticed I was hungry, correctly, at a normal time. Week 88. It felt like a message from an old friend.

Buddy

ongoingSupply

The winter of the shortage

Two Irish members who got through a supply gap by pooling information about which pharmacies had what, and being extremely careful about how they shared it.

Bea and Lark · since November 2024