Change & Decay In All Around I See

Tuesday 23 June 2009, 9:36PM

‘I got a peaceful easy feeling’

Not. As my last post detailed, the past few weeks have been exhausting and stressful, with the uncertainty about Kate’s Scottish Panel interview, and, in regard to work, a looming mid-year tax bill.

I think I went mad some weeks ago. One symptom is that I’ve started listening all day to my mother’s favourite pop groups. Easy listening classics from the 1970s, including the above. I’m not sure what it’s about, but I love the title and it’s a great tune. Is it still possible to buy jeans like those, with the patches? Kate has had a similarly West Coast inflected tune on repeat play as well for the last few days.

I need to get out more, starting with an indulgent mid-week trip into Edinburgh tomorrow with no plans other than to sit about in coffee shops, and in Princes Street Gardens if the weather holds.