Archive - Ali Millar's 3am things

It was summer until it wasn’t.

Jun 14 • Ali Millar

May 2026

The girl smiled like a sunrise over a sink

(AI and other assorted things)

May 21 • Ali Millar

April 2026

gherkins, time and Alice in Wonderland

My daughter is sitting in the bay window on the day bed, she has a small ivory handled cake fork in her hand which she is using to spear gherkins in the…

Apr 24 • Ali Millar

whitebait, panic attacks, pearls and opals

Outside the window, the woman is feeding the seagulls again.

Apr 16 • Ali Millar

things I didn't know a year ago

Apr 6 • Ali Millar

March 2026

After David Foster Wallace

(with apologies to his big shoes)

Mar 26 • Ali Millar

Letters in the Rain

finding Ted Hughes

Mar 18 • Ali Millar

these last few years

Mar 5 • Ali Millar

February 2026

Please can we call time on AI soon

(preferably now)

Feb 24 • Ali Millar

stuff I'm up to the next little while

or if you want to be taught by me, read on

Feb 12 • Ali Millar

A Long, Good Day

It is Monday or more precisely it is still defiantly Monday, a Monday that will look you hard cold in the face for the fact it has decided to still be…

Feb 9 • Ali Millar

January phone notes

Feb 3 • Ali Millar