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Ruthie

Book group energy applied to trial papers.

Leicester, UK · Leicester, fifty-three, librarian, applies book-group energy to trial papers.

Their journal

46 entries, and Ruthie is still writing.

  • Just Wednesdays

    Friday 22 May 2026week 100flat energy 5

    Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I…

  • I wanted to stop

    Wednesday 12 Nov 2025week 73stubborn energy 43 replies

    A brief account of the week. Ada said something in circle that has stayed with me: that a plateau is weather, not a verdict. I have written it on a card. Flat, discussed in…

  • Into town and back

    Sunday 11 May 2025week 46pleased energy 51 reply

    A brief account of the week. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Walked the Leicestershire Round in stages over the spring. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got…

  • Before nine

    Thursday 10 Apr 2025week 42steady energy 13 replies

    A brief account of the week. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own…

  • I nearly did not write

    Thursday 3 Apr 2025week 41steady energy 53 replies

    Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Next paper Sunday.

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17 Jun 2026 — What is going on with your skin, hair or nails?

Dizzy standing up twice, badly enough that I sat down on the pavement. Dehydration. Fixed with actual water.

19 Mar 2026 — How is the plateau, if you are in one?

Nothing happened. That was the hard part.

9 Mar 2026 — Who in your life has been quietly good about this?

My buddy had a bad week and I had a fine one. Next month it will be the other way round.

8 Mar 2026 — What is unremarkable about today?

It looks like this box, once a week, for two years.

Buddy

ongoingReading group

We read one paper a month and argue about it

Not a support pairing in the usual sense. Ruthie and Ashwin read one paper a month, badly, together, and are both better at it than they were.

Ruthie and Ashwin · since December 2024