Although I haven’t been around much in the last twelve months, 2024 was a big year for me. It was a year that I actually took chances and embraced the unknown. Despite the unwavering fact that it worked out for me, and every decision turned out to be the right decision, I have found myself [...]
Krakow: Poland’s Surreal Masterpiece
I came to Krakow craving autumn; the weather had just begun to change in England as I left for the airport in a daze of sleepiness and anticipation. I can’t deny that there were whispers of it in the air - that sweet chill that tickles the senses as the morning arrives and the day [...]
Confessions of an Introvert: The trouble of starting fresh
Yesterday, I met a man. A Vietnamese restaurant owner and chef to be exact. Ordinary and smoking, he stood unassuming outside of the restaurant. We stumbled upon it by chance, after loosing ourselves down the hidden alleyways of Hoi An Acient Town. He was dealing in ‘comfort food’. Being over 6000 miles away from home, [...]
Confessions of an Introvert: Separation
A couple of months ago, I started a free Creative Writing course through the Open University, titled ‘Writing what you know’. At the time, it seemed like an important step in my over-optimistic and dare I say it, naive plan to try to turn my passion for writing into some sort of career. Currently, the [...]
Confessions of an Introvert: Starting Therapy
Yesterday was a bad day. I ran myself the bubbliest of baths, lit some candles and let myself collapse into the bubbles and cry my heart out. I never know why I end up crying, it’s sometimes all I can do. I usually wake up feeling a little bit lighter, but today was an even [...]
“I might do something rash…”: A tale about letting weeds grow
I took this photo on the 2nd January, I don’t know what made me take it. I don’t particularly like it. Even looking at it now makes me feel vulnerable and self-conscious about putting it out into my little corner of the internet. But, it was a new year, a fresh start and I was [...]
Whitby: A Different Kind of Travel Guide
“There was a bright full moon, with heavy black, driving clouds, which threw the whole scene into a fleeting diorama of light and shade as they sailed across. For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary's Church and all around it. Then as the cloud [...]
I tried to escape: Four Mini Book Reviews
I have been reading a lot these past six months. I quickly discovered that escaping into the fictional world and allowing myself to be transported was just what I needed to protect myself from the state of our world at the moment. Devouring book after book helped me to relax. Even now, as life is [...]
Malta: A Travel Guide
It looks like holidays are back this year as travel restrictions are starting to relax, but I’m not sure that I am brave enough to venture abroad this year. * Everything in this post is in relation to my trip to Malta is September 2019. Obviously, a lot has changed since then so please, please, [...]
The Complete Mary Poppins: A Review
I have never been more excited to start reading a book than I was when Graeme surprised me with The Complete Mary Poppins collection by P.L. Travers in February. It is a hefty volume that comprises of all six original Mary Poppins tales: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary [...]
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