Toothbrushes and minimalism
When minimalism takes the form of a quiet and simple campaign of manipulation
Richard Allardice
#77 💀 One can’t help but NOTICE the hand grenade on the wash house floor 💥
In brief 🩲
* Journal: Grenades in the wash house
* Practical: Gonna need glass elbows for this one
* Read: The devolution of typical niceties
* Art: Elegant mess
From the journal 📖
We sold our house and moved late last year, and the experience – trauma – still features in my dream themes.
Recently I had
The first things to fall off the edge when your life accelerates into utter chaos
If you start to observe this kind of decline in your daily life, consider slowing the hell down and doing fewer things. Take heed.
#76 🐓 Hit that JOKE on the head, but not too hard 🤪
In brief 🩲
* Journal: Hear the one about the chicken and the margarine?
* Practical: A sometimes misguided quest for LOLs
* View: Crossroads; a distinct lack of quills
From the journal 📖
Our local council sponsors barbeques to encourage neighbours to get out and talk to each other. A few weeks back we
Neck deep in margarine
Here may enter a new catchphrase for unbridled joy, to supplant the old crass one about pigs in shit
#75 💞 The yes and the no of the EDGE 🧗
In brief 🩲
* Journal: Mandatory common sense; languaging without language
* Practical: Living on edge; changing to something less changey
* Art: Imaginations stitched together
* Quotable: AI skepticism dose
From the journal 📖
We took a shortcut to get to my son Neko’s touch rugby game and found ourselves driving down a narrow
#74 🪽 I’m gonna PHOENIX ❤️🔥
Welcome to the Without a Hitch 👍 newsletter: hilarious true stories of failure + practical methods for success. I made all the mistakes so you don’t have to. 🫠
In brief 🩲
* Phoenix: What the hell happened?
* Journal: Pushed when you shoulda pulled
* Practical: Nearly witty insurance assurances
* Art: The ashy bird manifest