Mystery bales continued.

12th Aug 2020

In 2019, I wrote about my investigations into the mystery bales that washed up on the beaches along the North …

The ebb and flow of life.

8th Feb 2019

It’s been a while since I’ve visited this blog, much has happened in between times. In September of last year, …

13th Jul 2018

This blog is about my life here and all the differences I encounter. The approach to death and funerals is …

25th May 2018

At the beginning of the week, a friend took Neu’s fishing boat out on a trip, coming back at the …

19th Apr 2018

As a foreigner, I am often left confused and bemused by the way things work here. It’s not that I …

1st Oct 2017

Plastic pollution is a world-wide problem and there is much in the news lately about the impact on marine life …

30th Mar 2017

The reverberation came down through the house, played the strings of my hammock, passed through my body as if it …

12th Oct 2016

I had to leave things in the garden to their own devises while Neu was so ill, some of it …

22nd Sep 2016

We don’t have a car for various reasons and it’s not something that bothers me normally, except that it limits …

3rd Sep 2016

Quite literally! Late the other evening, just as I was thinking about what to cook for dinner, there came a …