Many years ago when I lived in Edinburgh, I did an evening class that had a title something along the lines of "Scottish place names and mythology". I'm wondering now how I got the time and the money to do this as I remember my Edinburgh time as working two jobs to keep my head… Continue reading The Devil’s staircase
Category: Observation
Park life
Spending a lot more time in the park these days means I'm observing a whole other range of behaviour in people I don't usually see. If we get to the park early it's what we call the 'jog and dog' crowd. (In truth the joggers seem to be there most times of the day but… Continue reading Park life
A different kind of morning
Pre-lockdown, my weekday mornings followed a set routine - get up, get showered, get dressed, get fed, get out of the house, get to the station, get on a train, get to work. Not a lot of variation in that routine except in how long it took me to complete these tasks which would affect… Continue reading A different kind of morning
Three things
Three things I have learned in lockdown: How to make beer breadWhich local corner shops are best to go to for various grocery itemsWhere the German Bakery is Three things I am doing in lockdown that I didn't do before: Using the breadmaker (when there is bread flour to be had)Playing board games and canasta… Continue reading Three things
The old, anew
Today we did some rearranging of things in the dining room. The dining room is not a large room so there's not a lot of space to do anything. We were thinking to move the sideboard from one corner to the other, but of course once we'd moved it, we didn't like it in the… Continue reading The old, anew
Bite
Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! I'd caught a frill neck lizard in our yard. I must have been about seven. At the impressionable age where I'd seen movies and read books where someone traps a wild animal (a wolf, a horse, a bird) and makes it their friend.… Continue reading Bite
“Show me the curve”
There's a friend I've had since primary school. We were clubbing buddies back in our late teens but then grown up life kicked in and our lives headed in different directions. She got married and had children, I headed overseas. We're back in touch now, mostly through social media. And it's her social media postings… Continue reading “Show me the curve”
Hands and nails
I've taken off my wedding ring. So has my husband. It's not the end of anything, it's just that in these days of constant and thorough hand washing, it doesn't make sense to wear a ring. It's either going to get soap trapped in it or become a potential hiding place for germs where it's… Continue reading Hands and nails
Street/life
I never thought much about being able to walk down a street. It's something you do every day, to get to your car, to the train station, to the bus stop, to the school, to the shop, to your neighbour's house. You leave your house and walk down the street. You don't even necessarily look… Continue reading Street/life
Open heart, open space
Open HeartI'm on a yoga mat in my living room looking out through the windows to the street outside.The tinny voice of a yoga instructor comes out of my laptop as I try and copy his movements. He is younger than me but has been doing yoga a lot longer. He is very flexible and… Continue reading Open heart, open space
Tales from Tobhamhor 