September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 11: The events of twenty years ago still make me extremely emotional. Day 12: The return to the cinema … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | Days 11-15
Late morning, 11 September It was a week of highs and lows, all told: I/we were able to see several friends and family membersI spent a few hours tidying up in the front gardenI was extremely emotional on Saturday* Twin Towers seen from Ellis Island, 7 September 1995Me on to of the World Trade Centre, … Continue reading Me on Monday
The completed RAF journals The 100 Day Project is over for this year and I was creative for every one of those 100 days. Some days, it was a whole load of journaling about my days in the RAF; on others, it was merely moving a few photos around on a sheet of cardstock while … Continue reading The 100 Day Project | 100 Days Later
Yo-yo Ma took his cello along when he went for his second dose of the vaccine. 🙂 This NYC apartment - small, but somehow perfect. "Rage is the only language I have left" - not a fun read, but an important one. A pretty dress for Spring.
We're at the project's half-way point and several items on my UFO list have been ticked off. Day 100 - 2020Day 50 - 2021 The second journal about my time in the RAF is complete. 🙂 I can barely hold the two volumes in one hand. I had a lot of fun remembering nights out … Continue reading The 100 Day Project | Day 50
Listening to: Nico's playlist and Elgar's Enigma Variations - Nimrod is my favourite piece. Watching: Michael Palin's travel programs via the BBC iPlayer. Reading: everything by new-to-me author, Mhairi McFarlane (she'll be mentioned in my For the Love of Books post at the end of the month). Making: lists for Christmas - gift ideas (most … Continue reading Right Now …
Back in April, as well as reaching out to friends around the world for their thoughts on lockdown, I also wrote a short piece about my own lockdown experiences. Six months on, I've written another, so grab a cuppa and pull up a chair. As I type this, London currently sits in Tier 2 - … Continue reading Covid-19 | Life in Lockdown – At Home Revisited
I took my Kindle back from The Brainy One and settled into a month of romance. I've read that the romance-genre is the hidden success of the literary world. Hidden because few people ever admit to buying/reading them. I'm of the opinion that we all need a little love in our lives, in whatever shape … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Currently Reading June 2020
Cup of Jo highlighted Brooklyn's rainbows and we could all do with a few rainbows in our lives right now. Daily walks with Tilly - time to enjoy her attitude to life. Birdsong in West London is now clearly audible thanks to the lack of road traffic, Tube trains and aircraft overhead. Never was memory … Continue reading Four Fun Things
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese: This engrossing story combines medicine, family, and politics to great effect. Moving between India, Ethiopia, and New York City, we follow the story of identical twin brothers, born of a secret union between an Indian nun and the British surgeon she assisted. Part coming-of-age story, part mystery, part sweeping … Continue reading For the Love of Books | Four Family Sagas
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