Rain is different here. Rain at home had a different feeling attached to it, a different excitement.
Australian rain is: the rich smell of bitumen sizzling as the drops fall; the screech of windscreen wipers; spiralling explosions on the surface of a swimming pool; my favourite crocheted blanket draped across my knees ; earth being […]
There are some birds going nuts outside my window. I think it’s because it’s been sprinkling a little bit today; not much rain, but just enough to make me worried about slipping over randomly. And yes, that is something I need to be legitimately concerned about. I bought these amazing shoes in Malaysia , but […]
The walk back to our house can be a treacherous one. Basically, when you say you live in Acton people usually cringe and suck air between their teeth, and say things like ‘…really? Geez…’. We didn’t understand it at all. The people on the High Street are friendly, the shops are filled with legitimate-seeming salespeople. […]
The comedy night was great fun, but it was also a fascinating expose of social taboos. It’s like this: the audience will be laughing, laughing, laughing. They’ll love the comic, they’ll think he’s the greatest, funniest, wittiest most brilliant person they’ve ever seen. And then he makes one bad joke, he mentions something that people […]
1) My Cat
I know this goes without saying, and everybody’s probably so sick of hearing me say it, but man I miss that little guy! With his super warm body and his constant purr. Makes me teary just thinking about his musical, operatic yowl, or his sweet knocking on my bedroom door (always three taps, […]
As I was walking to work today, I decided there was something I wanted to write about. I’ve forgotten what it was now. Was it the dream I had last night about two rabid badgers (my subconscious response to recent debates over whether the poor little blighters should be culled)? Was it a thoughtful conversation […]
So we’ve been in London for just over a month. We’ve got jobs, we’ve got a room with an en suite, we’ve seen a few of the sights, and yet it still doesn’t feel quite like we’re here. Sometimes I see something (a squirrel, a snowflake, a line of terraced houses) and I’ll be reminded […]