Category Archives: London
Drifting
I’m drifting. I knew it would happen. I have always had a propensity to take things too lightly, and only partially engage with the world around me. I mean, I have traveled, worked and lived overseas, and count people from … Continue reading
Lost time is never found again
I hate time. I hate the way it taunts us. The more of it I live through – and therefore the less of it I have left – the less I understand it. Whilst waiting for a special moment, a … Continue reading
Getting On
wake with alarm dress appropriately try to comb hair cope catch the bus work worry walk home eat undress nervously lie awake miss my cat fall asleep dissolve
Airport
It’s 5am, I’m at Heathrow airport, and I can see people working out at the ‘airport gym’. Including a family of 4. The world is going to hell in a handcart. Or at least, on a running machine. Oh. Actually, … Continue reading
Broken resolutions
So – 6 days in to the new year and I have so far broken the following resolutions: To take pride in my appearance (today I went to the shops in what are basically pyjamas, I didn’t even look in … Continue reading
Taxi Chess
Last week I spent a few days in Madrid. Having lived in Barcelona for a couple of years a while back, and perhaps having been influenced by all the usual moaning that goes on between the peoples of those 2 … Continue reading
Sell Your Heart
Recently I’ve been wondering lately how much of my true self I should expose online. How honest, how confessional, I should be. The other day, sipping a pint in my new favourite pub in London, I casually mentioned in passing … Continue reading
Prometheus had it easy
It’s been nearly 2 weeks since my last post. Two weeks!! Wow. I know. The time has hissed away like air from a punctured tyre. The Olympics came and went. London sizzled for a whole 3 days as the temperatures … Continue reading