A peculiar misdirected email arrived just as I clicked on ‘publish’ – an email in German from a left-of-centre Swiss political party inviting me to join it to discuss how Switzerland can stand up against a Trumpian/ Muskian world order.
Did they really think
apropos of this post that no one in Lahore cares about air pollution?
Shocked
A little shocked to see this item for sale on the website of an LA design studio. Aside from the weirdness of referring to the ‘Assamese people’ in this fashion surely these could not have cost more than $50, if that, to produce. Assuming there is no more to say about the blanket than what […]
Struck down
Sad news from the village. The grapefruit tree, which gave particularly fine fruit, was struck by lightning. About half has survived, and is being used to graft new trees, but neither they nor what’s left of the original tree are likely bear fruit for some years. A few grapefruit were salvaged, slightly sooty and a […]
Not the bestest
And written under a pseudonym, but here’s a piece I wrote for a friend recently.
Achy day
The day remained achy, though I found a good stretch which seemed to help. The night was also achy, but at some point, mostly asleep, I breathed and felt the air move through my body and into my back and my limbs, causing the muscles to uncoil, and I could sleep. I hope tonight is […]
An upset, of sorts
I spoke to someone back in Pakistan today, and they told me that they voted PTI out of protest – not because they supported it, not because they admired Handsome, but simply out of a sense of fairness and because they wanted to say ‘no’ to those behind the scenes. A thought process that many, […]
Over-committing
As usual I find myself over-committing. A new client I was keen on asked for some work, I said yes. An older client asked for some work, I said yes. Meanwhile, a third client has me working virtually full-time. Well, a couple of weeks to get through.
So long lizards
We finished The Bear, as much as has been released last night, and it’s now one of my favourite TV series ever. There was so much to enjoy about it: superb directing, writing and acting, great characters, subtlety, an amazing facility with taking things that are stereotyped or sentimental, and handling them with delicacy to […]
Ministry of fun
Read a news item that made me grumpy: Nur Khan airbase wants action against ‘pigeon cages’ in vicinity. The basant that I grew up with is gone, the mehfils died long before I was born, and now they want to shut down another graceful urban past-time, and all for a bunch of military planes and […]