I can't believe we are already 1/4 through the year. It feels like these last few weeks have been several months. Since the lockdown began, days feel like weeks, weeks like months. 2020 is going to be a very long year. This week I have been Strugling with yoga. I signed up for a month… Continue reading The longest week (13/2020)
A smaller journey
My work diary has a note on next Friday, April 3rd, "Fly to Mumbai". It's a sad reminder to me of travel plans cancelled because of the virus. And yes I'm sad, but I accept that this is how it is now. This is "the new normal". At a time when no-one can travel and… Continue reading A smaller journey
Moscow public transport
While we are all on lockdown and unable to travel, I'm reflecting on trips from the past. It was 15 years ago now that I was reassigned to my employer's office in Moscow. I spent three months in Moscow, from mid-January to mid-April and during that time I got to experience the true feel of… Continue reading Moscow public transport
The week that was (12/2020)
This was not a good week in the grand scheme of my life. But here we are at the end and the sun is shining. This week I was: Working from home. My company has closed its doors as part of the effort to stop the spread of the virus so we are all working… Continue reading The week that was (12/2020)
Theatre Review: Shoe Lady
I feel strange to review this production because it's no longer running. Like lots of (most? all?) London theatres, the Royal Court has closed its doors. I booked to see this show because of Katherine Parkinson. You may know her as Jen from The IT Crowd or Pauline from Doc Martin or Laura from Humans.… Continue reading Theatre Review: Shoe Lady
Being grateful
It's the end of my first day of working from home. The first of what could be four weeks out of the office (although only two weeks are confirmed right now). Despite the slow IT systems, things not working as they should, lack of team banter, and no access to discount cafeteria and coffee, I… Continue reading Being grateful
The week that was (11/2020)
This week my mood was ruined by: Covid19. I know, I seem like a whingy child to be upset about my holiday being cancelled when people are dying, and all of Italy is in lockdown, I know. But I was really looking forward to that trip to India next month. We had been planning this… Continue reading The week that was (11/2020)
Theatre Review: A number
I studied Carol Churchill’s Top Girls at university. Despite that, I remain interested in her plays and have even been to see a performance of Top Girls at the Trafalgar Studios. I also took friends to see her play Far Away in 2000, a play we have referred to since as “the one with hats”.… Continue reading Theatre Review: A number
Adventures in Fermenting
Day 1: ginger bug, fruit kvass and water kefir I have started a new hobby, or at least I hope I have a new hobby: making fermented drinks. Ideally I wanted to learn to make bread kvass (Russian rye bread weak beer) but instead I learned how to make a ginger bug for ginger beer,… Continue reading Adventures in Fermenting
My week (10/2020)
This week I have been listening to: The Eleventh An ABC podcast about the events leading up to the dismissal of Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, by the Governor General, Jim Kerr, in 1975. I was only young when it happened so only have a fuzzy understanding of the circumstances that led up to this momentous… Continue reading My week (10/2020)
Tales from Tobhamhor 