My new office cafeteria has a number of high bench seats that face the windows. Here you can sit with your back to the cafeteria and look out at the view. But I can’t help thinking how these were labelled in early pictures of the new building: seats for lonely eaters. It was probably a… Continue reading Seats for lonely eaters
Author: Michelle Kn Stone
Australian-born London-dweller. I love books, travel, my garden, my cat, my husband and sunshine but not necessarily in that order.
What did they say?
“Check your smuggalum,” Your what? It was only when I heard something about “fire”, I realised this was a radio ad recommending we check our smoke alarms. (or smuggalums) to avoid dying in a house fire. Good advice, but why not get someone who can articulate clearly to do the radio voice for something so… Continue reading What did they say?
This is the way
I’ve been talking about it for years and years, Husband has got sick of me talking about it but doing nothing about it. “Just book the bloody thing,” he said, “and then you can stop talking about it.” What am I referring to? The West Highland Way, of course, one of the UK’s more famous… Continue reading This is the way
Stairs
When did I start having a problem with stairs? I don’t mean the being out of breath walking up stairs kind of thing. I mean being unsure of what my feet are doing when going down stairs. There are a lot of stairs on my new commute and (taking heed of the guidance from French… Continue reading Stairs
My new commute
My team moved to a new office while I was away on holiday. They didn’t do it to hide from me. The move was planned and well publicised. I even had the chance to visit to the new office premises before I went on holiday. Knowing Canary Wharf not at all well, I studied a… Continue reading My new commute
Wheeze
Back in the Before (2019) I came down with a horrible coughing illness that (after several doses of antibiotics failed to have an effect and I was referred to a specialist) turned out to be Whooping Cough. I didn’t realise whooping cough was something people still got in modern times. To me it sounded like… Continue reading Wheeze
As seen
Walking through the park this morning, it looks like all the children in the neighbourhood are here for soccer (football) training. One side of the park is crowded with groups of small children gathered around temporary goals, running and shouting and being directed by adults. They seem to range from very small (maybe three years… Continue reading As seen
Pool etiquette (34.2022)
I want to talk about pool etiquette. I’ve only been swimming a handful of times since in the past month or so but already I’m getting upset with people who don’t follow pool etiquette; or at least pool etiquette as far as well I’m concerned. There are certain good behaviours and bad behaviours that should… Continue reading Pool etiquette (34.2022)
The big dry continues (32.2022)
I'm wondering if it's fair of me to think sometimes that the human race really has outlived its usefulness. If I were the owner of this planet, I would be thinking serious about issuing a 30 day lease break notification, telling the human race, You have 30 days to tidy things up - shut down… Continue reading The big dry continues (32.2022)
Love this city… (but sometimes I hate it too)
I always dreamt about one day living in London. I'm not quite sure what I pictured this life would be, but presumably my dreams did not involve things like: queuing for a bus, cramming onto a crowded Tube, getting wet feet from a hidden puddle under wobbly paving on the footpath. But these are as much… Continue reading Love this city… (but sometimes I hate it too)
Tales from Tobhamhor 