I was still on the Eurostar sliding into Paris when I emailed George. George Cockroft is one of the personas of Luke Rhinehart. Or is it the other way around? We have been emailing for years now. My original message had the subject line 'Accelerated Serendipity'. I'd explained that for nine years the dice accompanied me in over 50 countries. I hobo'd and worked, living in ditches one day and … [Read more...] about Meeting Luke Rhinehart
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Two days in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone
The snow fell hard and Chernobyl was a two hour drive from Kyiv. I’d seen enough dash cam footage from this part of the world to sit staring ahead. Hoping the minibus would stay rubber side down. My head hurt from a night out before. Not because of the multiple shots of absinthe, but because a part of the drinking game involved being set on fire and hit on the head with a barrel. And here we … [Read more...] about Two days in Chernobyl’s exclusion zone
The Maiden Voyage of Story Maker
I bought a boat. A 55 foot Durham Steelcraft 6 birth narrowboat. Spent my life savings on it and at time of purchase I had no experiance of narrowboat life. Sadly the Storify embed that was here is no more. They changed things and now there is a massive hole. I told them that would happen. I said.. "The least you could do is let us download our stories as a PDF. Just in case." "Of course." … [Read more...] about The Maiden Voyage of Story Maker
Everyone’s Best Friend
Our dog Gypsy died alone. But at least she died at home. In her sleep. Late last night she was keen for a walk. So I took her out at 10:30pm. Once out she was slow. She sniffed everything. At a couple of points in our lap of the block her tongue lolled out of the side of her mouth. She had done the same earlier in the night and we had laughed at how silly she looked. I unclipped her lead … [Read more...] about Everyone’s Best Friend
Roaming the Ouse Valley Way
I decided to walk for a day. No real plans. Just to go for a wander between sunrise and sunset. This was originally an embedded Storify post but that died. Please click here to visit Wavelet and the full thread. I'm @Documentally on Twitter you can read my weekly dispatch here. … [Read more...] about Roaming the Ouse Valley Way