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 […]
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 […]
Morning in America
The GF said today that the Trump’s tenure has been rather like having a car alarm go off outside one’s window – the especially vile sort of alarm which changes tone and type so you can’t ignore it. Now, the alarm’s been turned off, and it really feels like that blessed first few minutes of […]
Indeed
From Metafilter, on the American Dream.
This is America
I have just watched Trump’s speech. Even if, at this point, Biden wins the presidency, this was another moment that marked the end of America. Maybe the moment. This election has also made it quite clear that when my American friends said that Trump’s is not the real America, that was nonsense. This is the […]
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.
Off his head
This is a rather late reaction to the news of the moment, but Trump getting COVID is really quite something. I watched two videos following his release from hospital. One, when he went onto the balcony and took his mask off, and looked like he was struggling for every breath and might come falling off […]
Abort, abort
Yesterday afternoon we went to Eyup, an old mosque and graveyard which lies further up the Golden Horn than we’ve been to date. We got a ride to the foot of the cable car that takes one up to the top, to find a really, really long queue. We waited about 30 minutes, during which […]