She won the award for best actress in a comedy/musical. It embarrasses me that I haven’t seen Everything Everywhere All At Once yet to admire her no doubt outstanding performance. Michelle Yeoh is gorgeous and is one of those people who, when you see her name associated with a film, you think “Ah, good. This… Continue reading Michelle Yeoh won a Golden Globe!
Happy New whatever
I have just renewed my WordPress subscription And I’m wondering why. Of all the writing I’m doing now, WordPress blogging is way down the list. I have signed up for a course called Edit Your Novel which is taking a lot of my thought and writing time. I signed up for the course despite not… Continue reading Happy New whatever
Midwinter: time to turn around
I have started several posts in the past week or so but my computer seems to no longer save WordPress drafts, and my phone was no longer synching correctly to the published content so I deleted the app and stepped away from the computer. But now I’m back, I’ve reinstalled the app, and it’s Christmas… Continue reading Midwinter: time to turn around
Cold
London doesn’t cope well with properly cold weather. You would think, being a European capital, that the city would have some degree of familiarity with how to behave in the cold. But it doesn’t. Examples: * when it snows, drivers have no idea how to drive anymore. Cars are abandoned at the side of the… Continue reading Cold
Alphas, omegas (48.2022)
The beginning and the end. The start and the finish. I have started: Reading Michelle Obama Becoming. It’s been on my shelf for at least a year, and it was probably the ads for her new book which I pass by on my commute that put this book in my mind. I’m enjoying it so… Continue reading Alphas, omegas (48.2022)
Addenda and errata (47.2022)
Live for the moment, they say. Be in the moment. I know this is what meditation is supposed to be all about. Not looking ahead, not looking back, just breathing in the now. I struggle with that. It seems that in the moment I am living now, I am constantly counting time, living in the… Continue reading Addenda and errata (47.2022)
46.2022
It's been a while since I wrote one of my weekly missives. Most weeks recently I just don't have the time, the inspiration or the energy to write something entertaining (for me or for you). I know the idea is you show up, you write and that is the work. But I feel like I've… Continue reading 46.2022
COP 27
I've been following the COP27 meeting in Sharm el Sheikh from a distance. I didn't want to follow the story too closely, being already prone to climate anxiety. I didn't want to see the world's most powerful people patting each other on the back and saying what a good job they were all doing to… Continue reading COP 27
What 31 Days of Yoga taught me
I saw a fundraiser for a charity on Facebook: “Do yoga for 10 minutes a day and help raise money…” I discounted the fundraiser part because it wasn’t a charity I would normally support, but the yoga part - the yoga part interested me. I had been thinking of starting some yoga again. It’s something… Continue reading What 31 Days of Yoga taught me
My mother and the Queen
It feels somewhat synchronous to me, that my mother and the Queen both passed in the same year. The Queen was five years older than my mother, but their birthdays were only three days apart. Both Taurus - I can only vouch for my mother but I'm sure the Queen was also stubborn and determined.… Continue reading My mother and the Queen
Tales from Tobhamhor 