Post-Christmas 2023

‘I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass.’  Sylvia Plath – … More Post-Christmas 2023

up, tiddly up, up

“I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport.” – Amy Johnson – first woman to fly solo from London to Australia I used to think that air travel was incredibly glamorous. My dad sometimes had to travel to various … More up, tiddly up, up

World Domination

‘Thinking constantly about world domination can give you a little vertigo.’ – Glenn Kelman (CEO Redfin real estate, USA) There’s nothing like a bit of post-Christmas Covid to kick off the new year. Or so I reluctantly discovered. Actually, apart from feeling not dissimilar to road kill, it wasn’t too bad.  One thing I’ll say … More World Domination