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350: “The Devastating Number”
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The title isn’t mine. It’s from an article on the significance of the number 350 to the 6.793 billion humans inhabiting planet Earth on 24 October 2009. I won’t make it easy by posting a link that you will, in […]
Three strays of Bucharest
I watched in astonishment, waiting for more cats to pop up and - why not - snakes and doves and a few curly dogs doing jumps. A car engine turned circus hat.
Diary of a bike
We get to London and I had the exquisite pleasure of being ridden through St Pancras, which has to be the most glamourous and charming station in London.
Galo Desaparecido
One line: We had a rooster, now we don’t.
Two lines: A friend decided our four hens needed a rooster, and somehow got us one. It stayed in the coop for half an hour, then fled. We couldn’t catch it, then it was gone.
More lines: It was a beautiful rooster, burgundy feathers and a shiny black […]
Holiday in Galicia
Beginning of September: one week of holidays left, after a month in Scotland and a month on the land. We are exhausted, but one week of sleep is too much to ask. A holiday, especially our particular brand (no planning, no destination, pure chaos, something between the frantic and the sublime) sounds so much like […]
cluck cluck, chirp chirp
It’s hard not to be happy when your life is dominated by funny dogs, friendly (productive) hens and beautiful chick maidens. This morning, first thing, I brought in the washing (2 huge bedspreads from St Leonard’s Bank) which had been blown hard all night under the canopy of the massive sycamore tree. I love this […]
Confessions of a coke addict
Last Christmas I bought myself an 80 megabyte iPod. This was a bit of a cheat considering it cost more than the presents I got for my loved ones, but I bought it through the company and justified it that way. Although iPods look amazing they are a pain in the butt because in order […]
Meet our neighbours
In the morning, I meet Mrs Cosmovici going down the stairs in her light blue home robe. She holds a tray of mincemeat in one hand, a Kent hanging in the other.
Doing the Transfag
When I first heard about the Transfagarasan road it was described with a sense of awe, as “the higest road in Europe”
One Week in Scotland
Sometime in June we realised that we might find, could spare, did have and would like one week to spend in Scotland. Drive north through Spain, take a ferry to England, drive north again. One frantic week filling the van with our wish-list of things we ‘need’ in Portugal. A big party, catch up with […]
Digging a hole
Making films is probably the most boring profession in the world — as well as the most glamorous. They say making films is like going to war: lots of hanging around while not knowing what the hell is going on; and then a sudden, brief, unsatisfactory burst of action.
March to May
This could go on forever, but we all need to keep busy and sane, hence the rule: one paragraph per topic.
1.TIME UNDER THE BRIDGE. It was March and now it’s May. Last day of May and then it’s June. How can this be happening? Each day used to be bright and interesting, each day […]