Everything is open, I don’t understand how lockdown works. Well, I suppose it means there are fewer people out, which is certainly a good thing in a pandemic. But even the famous fish sandwich on the Golden Horn was open, and the famous fish sandwich man was there. We popped into the flat and saw […]
This cursed year
I had rolled my eyes at all the tedious platitudes about 2020, ugh, don’tcha know, but this is bringing me around to that view. I was just saying to the GF last night, sunnily, that the silver lining in this year’s turmoil has been that at least we hadn’t heard a peep from Ed Sheeran […]
Curious
I have been listening to a podcast about the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, and learning a little more about Malta. Curious that Malta was admitted to the European Union and, say, Turkey was not. Or perhaps not that curious. Curious also that there are at least three British colonies – Ireland, Malta and Cyprus […]
Morning shock
This morning I was woken by a message from a sibling asking if I had submitted my taxes as the deadline is tonight. This, of course, nearly caused my heart to burst in terror, as taxes are truly something I do not understand and I have to file in multiple countries. Luckily, I got confirmation […]
Cold feet again
My feet were cold in bed last night, signalling the true start of winter. The next dismal stage is undoubtedly chillblains, which I seem unable to prevent.
Estrangement
I read the first part of Camus’s L’Étranger before going to bed last night and it made for strange dreams. The first was one which felt joyful: the GF, my siblings and I were visiting Paris and the Seine ran through a deep forested ravine, and the metro system was a series of small planes […]
Some progress
For the last little while the GF and I have been banging our heads against various forms of bureaucracy, most recently the bank – our ATM cards are blocked, can only be unblocked by telephone, to use the telephone service we need a telephone pin, the pin is sent to our registered phone number, we’ve […]
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 […]
No phones
Both of our phones have turned over and died due to various tedious reasons. Ah well, we did without mobile phones for half my life, and without data for three-quarters, so I daresay we’ll manage. It was a working day for me, though the GF ran a few errands and then I met him in […]
Oh dear
Concerned to realise that I might be the sort of person who, when distressed, does housework. What have I become? Middle aged, I daresay.