Lunar New Year Happy Lunar New Year! 2021 is the year of the ox. This year we stayed home, but usually we would celebrate by going to the festivities in London's China Town. Last year we went to see the lion dances with a couple of friends and ate at a popular Chinese restaurant. I remember [...]
Growing up I had heard of Little Women, directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Winona Ryder as the protagonist Jo, but never watched it. More recently in 2019, I listened to a podcast episode by This American Life called The Weight of Words, where the book Little Women is spoken about and adored. This time last year just [...]
We visited the Tate Britain last week and it was lovely. The gallery had an easy to follow one way system outside, and inside there were no confusing arrows on the floor. It was quiet, and practically empty, which was great. There are three collection routes, of which you choose one to walk. We chose [...]
Last weekend we left the flat in the first time in a decade, it seems. We walked to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square and traipsed through the one-way art routes. It was really well organised, mostly, and it was lovely experiencing a little bit of normality for the first time in months. Entry to [...]
Thin, dark, crusted nails, Gnarled, craney, pointed fingers Pointing at you slowly forming “Come hither, come hither” motions. Grabbing, seething, stretching hands Enclose, clawing at you to come closer, closer. Long, thin, arched wrists twist and turn and bind to join large broad sturdy arms connecting to the paralysed trunk, steady, steady, roaming down, deep [...]
We have been thinking a lot lately about moving away. This pandemic and staying at home/ indoors has made us consider that where we live right now might not be the best place for us to flourish. It then got me thinking about beautiful properties with lush gardens and amazing interiors, which then got me [...]
So it's been my fourth week working from home, I think. I've kind of lost count really. One of the things I've missed is listening to podcasts on my hour long commute to work, so that's about two hours a day. I use Player FM to download episodes and am currently subscribed to 23 different [...]
A couple weekends ago we visited The Postal Museum after hearing good things about it from colleagues, and it was actually surprisingly really good. We booked tickets online to see the museum and ride the mail rail, which is in another building across the road. The booking slot allows you one hour to enter the [...]
Endless May Dreams 