2019-01-16 10:15
It has been an ugly few months. LIke living in a spherical mirror, every blemish and stain is published, front and centre. Mistake after mistake after confusion have lit my path - one which… Read More
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2017-12-12 23:28
I had no idea how beautiful every day was with you until this week. You brought such calm to my life. To this house you brought peace and you brought love. One hundred percent of the time yo… Read More
2015-03-06 15:07
Per se, eating strawberry ice cream for breakfast is not the
most unusual thing to have happened this week. Our cat, whom I call The
Rooster, had the bejeepers scared from her when I opened… Read More
2015-02-17 19:33
When I sit sweating in my office, wishing that the room
smelled less like a third world food court I am never ever approached and
questioned as to why I am rancidly staring at a monitor with… Read More
2015-02-14 19:13
We lay abreast on one pink and one blue towel next to ourswimming pool this morning, relaxed. Although, because of the dustiness of the tiles,we’d created a load of washing simply for… Read More
2015-02-12 17:44
My father always shaved well. I don’t remember him everhaving more than a few whiskers visible. He kept smooth and rightly so. My Dad
had great skin which deserved to be shown off. Mys… Read More
2015-01-26 17:28
Recently I summoned the energy to drive the five miles from my lounge to a stretch of seaside ‘belonging’ to the Hilton Hotel on the other side of town past the Exhibition Centre… Read More
2015-01-15 02:58
Varanasi is a city you can’t believe exists. It’s broken and poor. Old, tattered, shattered and were it replonked into York itself, it may be known as The Shambles. Yet even with… Read More
2015-01-12 10:28
My bed is terrific. We have stories and cuddles underneath the duvet as oft as we like. The cat never asks before she claws down and up along the surface of my orange and white spread. She i… Read More
2015-01-09 19:52
We passed a few hours in the sunshine this afternoon between nibbles for lunch and a fish supper. The first ninety minutes was spent doing the kiddie version of going for a beer. We stood on… Read More
2015-01-08 06:53
The story of the man who drove us one evening (and into the night) across the Nepali Terai at a time of hefty need has been told before. He was a batter of everything mainstream press tells… Read More
2015-01-05 05:50
The deep end at Canopi Bowl is roughly six feet. I’d bet my cat that the transitions are mathematically immaculate as they decidedly feel that way. It is not just the sensation of movi… Read More
2015-01-03 10:30
As a young teen I had a recurring dream in which I was in trapped in a cage. The details are blurry but I remember being able to look out at the population going by but only at about knee he… Read More
2015-01-02 03:29
Friday evening was quite strange. I drove my banger to Dubai with time up my sleeve in case the traffic on the way to the Airport Road was heavier. A friend of mine from way, way back was tr… Read More
2015-01-02 03:17
A string of poor choices followed by some much better ones led me to smoking sheesha with new friends at a picnic table covered in empty beer bottles in Leuven. In fact, they were days of co… Read More
2014-12-31 15:58
There is a city in the north of India which deserves the people’s choice lifetime award in the ‘Gross’ category. It stinks, everywhere. It is noisy, industrial, shamefully… Read More
2014-12-31 00:35
Once more we found ourselves covered in muck and reeking of smoke, sweat and general ruggedness as we sat around a fire at Wadi Bih pretending the chicken wasn’t overcooked and that I… Read More
2014-12-27 05:37
At Johnsonville School, while I was a teacher there, some jerks decided it would be a hoot to set fire to a string of classrooms. There wasn’t much to it really. A bunch of pubescents… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We were selecting fruit in the weekend at a French chain. The boys had previously taken some time scrutinising the toy lanes. Ben with no money while Jonah managed a little. He decided to bu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
My Dearest Ben,
You are amazing. There is something about your spirit which I marvel at every single day. You are a tremendous boy - certainly gifted; multi-talented and staunchly both in an… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In our family, some people don’t always wear shirts. We call this time ‘Tummy Time’. Ben is the most enthusiastic participator in Tummy Time as the days and evenings get wa… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It has been written before that the warmer the climate in a given region, the longer the greeting. In temperate New Zealand, many are content with simply tilting back the head while saying … Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The wind nearly blew my rings off as I marched along the
ridge of a hill marking one of the boundaries between Georgia and Azerbaijan
last week. As much as the sun was beating the wind was w… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The most beautiful element of nature is snow. It is tranquil, overwhelming and has a grace unmatched by sand or trees. Snow encompasses mountains and tickles tongues. It unites people and hi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Jonah attended a birthday party a couple of nights ago. There is a Brazilian family who have a daughter in Jonah’s class and she invited the whole jolly lot to attend. They met at a pl… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As we drove to the supermarket this afternoon (instead of the beach where I really wanted to head) Jonah and Ben convinced me to give them an allowance to purchase tomorrow’s breakfast… Read More
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