Over dinner last night I mentioned to the GF that rumour has it a lockdown is imminent. After dinner I put the dishes in the dishwasher and went for a shower. Came out to learn that a lockdown has been announced: weeknight curfews and weekend lockdown. Not too onerous still, but I hope this is […]
Far better
I started reading The Time Regulation Institute a couple of days ago, and as always my habit of going from lowly genre to quality literature pays off. It is such a pleasure to read something of quality, and later it will be a pleasure to read something with an entirely different appeal. This is a […]
Silver fish man
Another piece of my childhood fell away today, with Diego Maradona’s death. Other pieces had fallen before: Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze; some are still around: Madonna, Imran Khan (for all he is), Miandad, Viv Richards. What a legend that man was, I knew no other footballer’s name, but I knew him and his face and […]
Nothing changes
A good article in the LRB about working class Victorian wives and husbands. Reminds me of the endless stories told by our female servants when I was growing up. Nothing changes, not across centuries or continents. I also reverted briefly to my teenage and read a book, A Brightness Long Ago, by Guy Gavriel Kay, […]
Impressive
I listened to an interview with Arafat Mazhar, a very impressive young man indeed. His new film, Swipe, is genuinely very good, as was his first one (Shehr-e-Tabassum) and it was such a pleasure to listen to a Pakistani who was intelligent, well-spoken, well-read, and trying to draw on indigenous ways of understanding the world.
Despairing attempt
I made a despairing attempt at desi food last night. Without suitable spices etc it was quite poor. Generally my desi food game is not strong – it’s a lot of effort and when there is no one else to enjoy it it rarely feels worth the hassle. The GF quite likes it but would […]
Happy world toilet day
Happy world toilet day. Here’s looking forward to the next wave of excrement.
Things that are keeping me up at night
Will there be an earthquake and the flat fall down? Will something go terribly wrong with the renovation? Will it go over budget? Will there be a problem with our visa application? Will someone in my family get COVID and I won’t be able to travel to them? Will there be a hard lockdown here […]
Childhood dreams
I dreamt last night that I was in a broom closet and received a lightsabre. In the dream I was delighted, recalling my plastic toy lightsabre when I was little (ok, not that little), but this one was real. Lots of people came into the broom closet to admire it, including Oprah Winfrey. Then I […]
Dare not speak its name
It is looking more and more possible (likely?) that Trump will lose. We are all very cautious about saying it aloud, though. A hope that dare not speak its name.