Must try harder
July 11, 2011
I just started writing that I haven’t had news for 6 months as an excuse for not putting up any new posts, but that would be a lie.
I’ve been home to Christchurch via Seoul in February, and saw the pieces being picked up there after the big earthquake (aftershocks bullying the city every four hours). I nearly wrote ‘earthquake’ with a captial there. It must have a capital in my brain. Thanks to the shakes, I’ve had Chloe here in England for the last three months (and been introduced to the life of a student/gown in Oxford: surreal). I’ve met some interesting people through work and I’ve discovered many new foods, places (like the incredibly good Liverpool), bands and pubs that I’m sure are all worthy of a paragraph or two. I’ve also just moved into a very lovely flat in – IN – London Feilds, with Magnus. So, no more ‘shut the front door’ hilarity care of our Christmas-carrots-fourteen-ways ex-landlord, I’m afraid.
So, why no news? Perhaps it’s that my camera met an untimely end on the track to Anchorage in Marahau, and I’ve only recently replaced it. It’s also been a busy, tense time on the work and home fronts and though I do love a good whinge, it wasn’t a very inspiring phase. I wasn’t reading as much either and if I don’t read, I have trouble putting words in a entertaining – or sensible – order.
Some pictorial highlights over the last few weeks include:
Inflating the air-mattress* with Chloe in our new living room.
*Upon the arrival of Blair on the 29th, it will be known as the Blair-mattress.
Down t’local: with Rose (old work friend and new London Fields neighbour) and Magnus, at The Dove on Broadway Market, on Friday night. Revelation: cherry beer. We went for dinner at the Indian next door and it was magnificent.
The new hydrangea for our balcony. Yes, balcony. Very exciting!
