Travelling home
My flight is at 1340 and yet I book the taxi for 730. I ask the lady on the telephone how long it will take the taxi in this weather Continue Reading →
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First day of Spring
The Siberian weather continues to wreak havoc. We were spared yesterday unlike those living in Kent and Sussex. It didn’t last long. The snow spread from the east and covered Continue Reading →
Beast from the east
The arctic weather is here with a vengeance. I stand corrected, it is not actually from the Arctic but from Russia, and according to the forecast it is going to Continue Reading →
Shopping with Lakshmi
Our first clothes shopping trip ‘Peppa,Peppa’, Lakshmi trills as she checks to see if I am awake. This is followed by ‘George, drum’. She mimics George’s drum rolling movement followed Continue Reading →
Lakshmi’s day out
The sun’s ray catches the water surface and the lake shimmers in the distance. I drive past it every Thursday and yet this is the first time I have noticed Continue Reading →
Pizza experience
It is seven in the morning. If I’m lucky I will get an hour to read the papers before Lakshmi wakes up. She’s had a fitful sleep waking up at Continue Reading →
Hilda, my neighbour
It was the autumn of 2002. We had just moved into our new house and the doorbell rang. It was Hilda with a bunch of flowers and a wide smile. Continue Reading →
Twelfth day of Christmas
It is the twelfth day of Christmas and the day the three wise men or Magi came to visit the infant Jesus. It is also the last day of Christmas Continue Reading →
A day at the movies
It’s been a very long time since I’ve been to watch a movie at the cinemas. In fact the last film was La la Land over a year ago and Continue Reading →
Start of the New Year 2018
Third day into the New Year. As I walk to the tube station I can see the damage caused by storm Eleanor. Broken tree branches, debris and toppled bins blown Continue Reading →
