End of Year Meme

1.What did you do in 2019 that you’d never done before? Spent two nights at a Spa 2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Ish and yes 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? My sister gave birth! I met the Smol Dragon when he … Read More


Thursdays are the Best

On Thursdays I feel very loved. On Thursdays I go to see MiL and we game or watch movies curled up on a sofa. There is smooching and talking and such. And on one memorable occasion FJ came home early and me racing to put my clothes on before he got upstairs felt weirdly alternate … Read More



Liminal Life

Sometimes I catch myself feeling astonishingly self-satisfied with my life. I have travelled (four continents and counting), I have eaten some truly weird stuff (including guinea-pig – several times, alligator – not recommended and rat-onna-stick – kind of wish I was joking about that one) and I have met some fascinating people (the guy who’d … Read More





Always Hungry

I never want to be completely satisfied, I always want to be aiming for the next thing and then the next. I always want to want. I’ve been accused of being greedy and of making myself unhappy. I don’t think that’s true, I want some things but mostly experiences. At my worst I do make … Read More


This is New

Day One of a two day visit to a Spa with my Mum. I’ve been here before, over ten years ago but at least then it was me, M-I-L and Mum and there was no over night stay. This comes after the awkward moment in France earlier this year when Mum got as far as … Read More