Weekend lockdowns put me in a sort of time vortex, I have no idea when it is. This weekend was particularly grim as I had a great deal of work including a meeting, and the sky was dark and grey so there is almost no light in our flat; what there is gets sucked up […]
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New plans
Our architect sent over three new proposed plans and, rather to our surprise, they are quite promising and have several ideas for how to redo the flat effectively. So a very good start, and we will ask her to make a few changes, consult the engineers as required, and hopefully, kick it all off. Less […]
Hazards of work
I am doing a rather urgent bit of editing, and came across the following in the list of references. Catching things like this is why they pay me the big bucks.
Skeletons
I’m reading a very interesting article in the New Yorker about a pile of skeletons near a lake in the high Himalayas. It’s a curious piece, both rather romantic and occasionally draws me up short, such as with throwaway lines like the following, referring to genetic analyses of ancient bones: Under the scrutiny of science, […]
A curious fact
I have just learned that one of JRR Tolkien’s first illustrators for The Lord of the Rings was someone by the name of Ingahild Grathmer, an illustrator better known under her real name, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
Morning shock
This morning I was woken by a message from a sibling asking if I had submitted my taxes as the deadline is tonight. This, of course, nearly caused my heart to burst in terror, as taxes are truly something I do not understand and I have to file in multiple countries. Luckily, I got confirmation […]
Quest for a pepper grinder
Yesterday was Monday I’m told, but I feel quite out of time, as though the week has been going on for a very long time. It turns out taking my weekend on Friday didn’t actually feel much like the weekeend, or maybe it did and in that case it should be Friday tomorrow, but it […]
Day the second
We didn’t go for a stroll after all, as it felt rather odd and unethical to be out when it was forbidden to actual Turks. Instead I did a good bit of work, and we did some planning for the flat (including a pinterest board (!)), ate biscuits with our tea and turned the heating […]
Day the first
This lockdown business is not suiting me at all. That said, it doesn’t seem to be suiting anyone else either. This morning I woke and saw a ghostly moving figure outside on one of the picturesque streets leading towards the Galata Tower. There I saw a young woman in a flowing white dress posing for […]
See you on the other side
Metaphorically speaking, of course. The weekend lockdown starts tonight so the GF and I decided to take Friday as our weekend (well, I did anyway; the GF just moved his working day to the evening). It was a lovely sunny afternoon and we went to get supplies for the next couple of days, having decided […]