In April, Jacob and I had the good fortune of a double bill visit from the UK - first Mark and Lydia, and then Ollie. All three came beari...

  Each time I cycle to work these days, I look out for the otters. Otter sightings on my commute used to be a rarity. I'd hear their squ...

  This last weekend two friends lost their grandparents. I heard about the first on the Friday, and the second on Saturday. Death moves quic...

A woman in church came up to my mother to say, "As your sister in Christ, I just wanted to let you know that you've put on weight....

I was talking to my Mum recently, and we reached the realisation that Dad only really started working when he was 27 years old; before that ...

 Yesterday my family had an eleven year old over for lunch. She's in Singapore trying to learn English (and doing pretty well at it), an...

On Sunday it was Mother's day in Singapore, so after church Jacob and I went to a florist in Holland Village (the same florist Dad frequ...

On the Thursday before Good Friday, the train station smelled like hot cross buns, and I was on the last chapter of The Gap of Time by Jeane...

  Diary entry in March 2021: I went in a run this morning. At about 2km in I am very sweaty, much sweatier than usual and feeling uneasy and...

  - Playing League of lexicon - Big shell pasta - A good design meeting - Running to work - Seeing an owl as we walked home from my parents ...

  At the start of this year, I drew myself in vibrant colours. In the picture my arms were outstretched and words surrounded me, words like:...

  After opening my first exhibition in May, Jacob and I took a break in June to fly to Bali with Jacob’s Dad and sister. During the flight I...

( written during Lent 2023 ) 1 We wake up  and hold each other; it is the beginning of another day. 2 You go to the toilet, I go to the toil...

Earlier this year Jacob and I tried to write a poem a week (or was it a day?) for Lent. I found myself returning, over and over again, to my...

Sniffing perfumes in the National Gallery shop, and being surprised and tickled that my favourite scent is Pepper and Tobacco (followed by E...

( written a while ago ) I was cycling home on Tuesday when the idea to run home from work came into my mind. I often cycle to and from work ...

First - an explanation. The whole of this year, I have felt like a bad writer. I half write things and then stop because they sounds trite, ...

  At Lucy’s wedding in April, amidst the joy of seeing friends, dancing and celebrating a beloved marriage, someone asked me what has been b...

Before the pandemic I would take the train, or the bus, to work. Some time in 2020, after our lovely neighbour gave me his 20 year old bike,...

On Valentine's day morning I went out for my run. I passed a neighbour who is a trauma surgeon on his way back from (presumably) an over...

  It is no secret in my family that I am a physical affection person. I love big bear hugs with Tim (which I used to request, usually fruitl...

"There are gaps in the mesh of the everyday world, and sometimes they open up and you fall through them into somewhere else. Somewhere ...