Cut from a carnivore

I returned to the hairdresser who gave me my last cut, once again an embarrassing length of time since the last one (though slightly less embarrassing than the last). I went there largely because I’d been putting off going to the GF’s good hairdresser for a few weeks as they take bookings on the phone […]

Angry Americans

At coffee in Cihangir today we sat next to an American on the phone and, of course, eavesdropped with great interest. He was talking to some sort of helpline in the US, to find out if he could get his first dose of the vaccine here in Turkey and then the second dose in the […]

Struggling for a jab

We learned that we might well be eligible, or nearly eligible, for a vaccination here in Turkey, but had to go through a fairly long registration process. This entailed, first, going to the post office for a government website password to be texted to us, then return to the computer to register on the website, […]

Old fashioned salesmanship

In the morning our tiles arrived, terribly exciting to see them finally here, though heaven knows when they’ll be installed. Our architect was there and assured us that everything would kick into high gear next week. I am rather doubtful as the tone from her and from the contractor has had a tinge of the […]

Afternoon in Balat

This afternoon, the GF and I took the ferry up the Golden Horn to Balat. It was a stunning journey; the Golden Horn is lovely no matter what, but today it was clear and sunny and very beautiful indeed. We got off at Fener and had lunch (ok, nothing special) and then strolled through the […]

Day’s inspiration

Yesterday I had the brainwave of making a short comic about an encounter earlier this week, for the magazine’s social media. This was rather ambitious and, unsurprisingly in retrospect, I ended up spending most of yesterday planning it, and most of today drawing it. So a very, very enjoyable day, with the sort of tiredness […]

Over the hill

The GF had today off, and I had finished my work on Sunday, aside from the social media posts for the week. I finished up Monday’s lot and sent them off, and then got asked to look at the layout for a document I’d edited, and was appalled at the number of errors – it […]

Longing for lockdown

Sunday lockdown today, so it was all somewhat quieter, though certainly nothing to lockdown proper. I had a bit of work I’d saved up for today, which I didn’t actually manage to do until quite late at night as it was one of those days when nothing seemed right. So the GF went for a […]