I've loved all the lists that are coming out of things people have loved and learned in 2022. Someone should do a list of lists. They probably have. Someone should do a list of lists of lists. I don't have such a list, but here are some of the things I wrote down in 2022 that didn't go anywhere else.
Bearing down on is the new getting a grip / I have told friends that I get it. I have become a distraction. I'm stepping back. I look forward to clearing my name / I might be evolving away from tennis too / Marmalade making for the Daily Worker bazaar / Dodge and delay / I take off my cycle clips in awkward reverence / Dewsbury Hall / Economic headwinds / Sunshine and flanneled ease / Enemy Collapse Sabotage Bureau / Mike Dean, the strawberry girl / Neither Westminster nor Manchester / JD Slazenger / There is a lamb that never goes baa
There's a new division in the world between those who thought Paul McCartney could have done an incredible hour at Glastonbury and stopped there. And the others.
This year I want to say "How do you do?" when I arrive and "will you excuse me?" when I leave.