For eight long years, D and I have been internet friends. We traded witticisms (well, witticisms in his case, anyway) as we chatted about Tolkien, Metallica, life, death and the importance of good beer. We kept in touch when I went to college, when he got his Master’s, when I moved to the Middle EastContinue reading “Tweedledee, Tweedledum and Faerie Lands”
Category Archives: Good News
Liverpool and Devon: The Pinnacle of Awesome
It has been so awesome around here, that I have completely forgotten to blog. Lost a pair of Vivienne Westwood sunglasses in a pub, but I had the excuse of having a smashing time, and perhaps it’s a small price to pay, in the end. Details and pictures – for all 2.5 of you mayContinue reading “Liverpool and Devon: The Pinnacle of Awesome”
Good Scottish Weather
The sun came out for a few hours today, to spoil me. Neil Gaiman once described the north of Scotland as a place where “the bones of the world show through,” and although I am nowhere near that, brooding in in Ediburgh and overhearing stuffy conversations about art (really now – if you’re viewing aContinue reading “Good Scottish Weather”
London has thrown me on the pavement and ravaged me
In a good way. So far. That’s why I am not blogging; I am too consumed with living life. In these short, brilliant bursts that can’t possibly be referred to as “days,” every detail wants to be noticed and fawned upon, from a silk scarf flapping in the wind like a standard to a distantContinue reading “London has thrown me on the pavement and ravaged me”
Thanks to Sarah, Matt, Anonymous Donor & Various Others
So if you have been around me lately, you know that I’ve been quite the ray of darkness these days. There hasn’t been a tragedy, nobody is dead or ill, and – inshallah – nobody will be dead or ill any time soon. It’s just that I have found myself in a private little hellContinue reading “Thanks to Sarah, Matt, Anonymous Donor & Various Others”
Natalia A. 