This sign has been messing with me every time I walk past it. Like an unsorted spreadsheet. I’m itching to rearrange it.

Great to hear Dick Moore give an interesting talk on emotional health and wellbeing at our primary school last night. Very well-attended by parents from lots of local schools. An excellent speaker who really got me thinking about how well I’m doing as a parent, in every sense.

Switched to a Spotify family plan a while ago now that it includes an explicit filter for the kids. I hadn’t realised that the Podcasts section was so patchy. I know access to these things can’t be completely prevented on the web, but this really should be better in the app.

Album Club #103 at my place, so it’s my choice. Can’t believe I’ve been listening to this for 25 years.

Really enjoyed the Tape Notes podcast episode with Marika Hackman and David Wrench deconstructing her new album Any Human Friend. Finally — a modern music podcast where this old man has actually heard the album!

On the latest Remainiacs episode, Alex Andreou makes a great point about this petition that over a million people signed a few weeks back. If prorogation of Parliament has nothing to do with Brexit, why does the government response refer to it with such fervour?

Fascinating podcast on sentientism and all that is (or could be) implied by this way of thinking. I love a discussion that gets me questioning my own choices in life. The conversation is general, practical and touches the boundaries of what sentientism could mean philosophically.

Feeling terrible about having forfeited yesterday’s Learned League match. Woke up in a panic but I was too late already. First time forfeiter and hopefully last time too. Apologies to my opponent. Consoling myself with the fact I would only have got one correct answer anyway.

A very welcome return of Album Club tonight now that the summer holidays are over. Unwinding to this after a busy week.

Really thoughtful random gift from a colleague today. My boys and I will get a lot of joy from dipping into this.

I can’t recall many times that I’ve come home from a summer holiday to find it much hotter than where I left. San Francisco had turned chilly whereas it is sweltering at home. The boys are struggling with their jet lag and decided it was time for a meal at 3am today.

And now they’re all in charge.

The Bay Bridge.

The Golden Gate Bridge from Alcatraz. Everything around was in beautiful sunshine but the bridge was almost totally obscured by mist.

San Francisco ferry building clock tower.

Cells on Alcatraz.

A wonderful afternoon’s family bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito and back.

Wonderful day today, kayaking with sea otters and seals in Moss Landing in the morning, followed by a few hours in the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas in the afternoon. Food for the soul.

On the Big Sur route today.

Sunset in Cambria.