Movements in the World and in the Mind
I like language. The language of different languages. I can enjoy the beauty, funkiness and wittiness of language. I have never experienced being tortured by language - studying Arabic not included- until now; I have attempted to read the Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. I am old enough to remember what a massive hype it... Continue Reading →
The other day I went for a drink in the Hood with two of my old housemates to catch up on a rather eventful last year. It was a really nice afternoon and eve. It became a bit of a (modest) pub crawl visiting familiar places that all had been refurbished. The last place we... Continue Reading →
My dear friend Rick from Lowlands Country did a weekend London with his partner in crime Vincent (say it like the French do; VinSAH), who is here for business as he does something rather fancy in the financial world (he is a nice person though). As this is London and they are gay and it... Continue Reading →
If you have left a place you love for a year and you return, how do you want that to be? I have been very excited about coming back to London and maybe a tat scared too. Maybe things have dramatically changed. Maybe people have dramatically moved on. The journey towards London from my... Continue Reading →
It seems autumn has arrived. The romantic idea of autumn conjures ideas of colourful trees, falling leaves, strolls in woods, fields and parks, warming autumn sunshine and the lead up to winter and what Americans call the 'holiday season'. I have to say I seldom experienced an autumn like this in the UK or Lowlands... Continue Reading →
I had a night out with my friend Saskia, who I met in Alex. I stayed in Amsterdam and she decided to visit me there. It's the start of the academic year and in Holland – I don't know how it works in the UK- new students do all sorts of activities in freshers... Continue Reading →
August, a month in which in many places in the Northern Hemisphere it is the height of summer. People are either fleeing the heat of the city and go to the coast, mountain or lake, or are escaping lousy weather and are going South. To coast, mountain or lake. Locals flee their cities and... Continue Reading →
It's very very nice to be back in Lowlands Country for a longer period of time, it's been a while. I am mainly travelling between my home town where I stay at my sister's, who moved a few months ago from a funky city pad with park view to a single-family dwelling in a newly... Continue Reading →
After a couple of weeks of readjusting, hot weather, Orange fever and a lost World Cup, I am trying to get back into to groove in Lowlands Country. I have been in MaSr for almost 10 months. At the very end of that period I hopped across the border into- seemingly- more western territory... Continue Reading →
As a nervous wreck I had set myself on front row again in my 'second living room' in Kafr Abdu. I had done some packing in the morning and was hoping to spectate the match of matches; the quarter final Holland- Brazil. I knew the sentiments back in Lowlands Country were upbeat but I... Continue Reading →
Dark Fairy Adventures 