Being human
and life's little mysteries

As 2021 approaches, we have yet another moment of looking through a portal – a point between A and B that feels, sometimes, like no man’s...

Back to the Future I recently was in Dartmoor, the home to several Bronze Age ruins. Grimspound is the best preserved stone circular...

Dear Diary : July Edition (lockdown day 112) July is a month known for independence….of the American people from the British monarchy in...

Isolation Day 84. Dear Diary, Another month has been marked off the calendar; a month where after many weeks of hunkering down and...

self isolation, day 32 Dear Diary, I’m sorry I haven’t written. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to, haven’t had monologues in my mind...

Self Isolation, Day 19 Dear Diary, As humans, we seem to be in unfamiliar territory. Yes, there have been famines and wars, but those...

Self Isolation, Day 16 Dear Diary, I’m sorry that I have not been as regular writing to you as I intended. It’s just that life has been a...

Self Isolation Day 3. Today started exceedingly badly. My son was told he would be taken out of school a day early to mitigate the risk...

Self-isolation, Day 2. My last morning at home on my own for the foreseeable future. Tomorrow home schooling begins! I set about first...

Today was my first full day at home, leaving the house only to deposit my son to his (unbelievably) still open school. While one foot has...

Of all the places one would expect to find oneself after proclaiming to the world the self-isolation is inevitable, here I am waiting in...