And so, in London. It is strange to return, as I’ve said a few times already. This house is soon to be sold, so when I leave I won’t return to it and, uncomfortable as it is, it is a beautiful house, one that I’ll miss. I was quite zonked all day, though luckily the […]
End of the road
Yesterday I spent the day working in a cafe near the house and didn’t stray far, getting increasingly worried about finishing (I didn’t manage to finish). Then off to the airport, where I couldn’t work on the plane either as the seats were far too cramped for a laptop. We arrived in the UK at […]
Day of distress
Some distress that it looks like a miserable UK election may occur on a date in December that means something to my family. I have lost all hope of remaining, of a second referendum and of a single market. The best I can hope for is a customs union and an urgent campaign to rejoin. […]
Desperately sad
I am feeling really cast down about Brexit, really genuinely sad. Not that I have much affection for the country, but the dream of integration, open borders, cooperation, is one that I can care for. The other country which I care far more for, Pakistan, stabs me in the heart so often that I can […]
Change of weather
Yesterday I woke to find the weather had changed (as I type this I realise that there is at least one, possibly two other blog posts with the same title, so clearly I often find this worthy of remark. Shows how uninteresting this blog is, really). It was grey and windy and wet, and when […]
The other kind of howling
And, meanwhile, American politics has taken my attention again, after I had happily relinquished it for a few weeks. Trump is being impeached for asking the Ukrainian president to, effectively, investigate a political opponent in return for access. Yesterday he doubled down on this on live television, saying that damn right the Ukrainians should investigate […]
Appalling, terrifying
The UK government, that is. Really, really worrying.
Armadillo in the sky
Last night, as I was finishing up some billing and drinking tea in the porch, there was a crash in the undergrowth just in front of me. An armadillo appeared to have plummetted from the sky. It collected itself and bustled away, leaving me wondering if it was what had been scrambling on the roof […]
Changes
A message was received today, and it looks like the Gentleman Friend’s childhood home may be sold. It is sad for him, as it is not only the place he grew up, it’s in fact the literal place where he was born, in the smaller room on the first floor. It is a lovely house, […]
New class
Today I had two sets of classes: one with my first Spanish teacher and a second with a different one I am trying out this week. It’s not been the most successful run thus far, but I think the second teacher will do for my time in Puerto Viejo. I was extraordinarily lucky, I think, […]