Tears and mountain memories
Yesterday we went to visit the charming Jabarkhet Nature Reserve, on the outskirts of Mussoorie. I will write a pukka review of our visit anon, but for now I wanted …
It’s Friday 13th. In 2020.
What could possibly go wrong? Oh nothing much. Just a truck rear-ending us this afternoon, as we drove to the farm for Diwali. That kind of Friday 13th-y-2020 stuff. Not …
STOP throwing your children over the school gate!!
There’s very little these days to make one laugh out loud, but this completely mad story in The Times this morning did the trick. Apparently, in a little town in …
Yet another (& unexpected) Coronavirus side effect
Today, for various not particularly interesting reasons, I went out to do a little shopping. This was the first time I’ve been “properly” out to the shops since the week …
Congratulations America!
As a non-American, I’ve been pretty darned emotional this morning, weeping away at the speeches and scenes from Delaware, the dancing in the streets, and the joyful scenes in New …
“Please to remember the fifth of November..”
“…gunpowder, treason and plot…” You all remember the nursery rhyme, right”? “Remember, remember, the Fifth of NovemberGunpowder treason and plotI see no reason why gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot” This …