First of all, I finished that novel(la):     So yes, yes I did write that […]
Back in the days of yore when I lived in Turkey, books were a rare commodity. […]
I have been a very absent bloggist this month, which can be blamed partly on my […]
I’ve stopped being absurdly ill and have now downgraded to being only marginally ill- possibly because […]
So I am knee deep in Nanowrimo, or perhaps only shin deep, as I am not […]
I’ve had a bad cold for about a month now. I blame my students entirely. They […]
As I am gearing up for the improbably overambitious NaNoWriMo, I’ve had to scale back on […]
Reflexology shower gel bath gloves and socklets for those days when you don’t have time to […]
For someone who has an incorrigible habit of packing up and moving every year or so […]
It’s Monday evening and I’m tired from a semi longish day trying to persuade my  students […]
  I really do hate crowds. Crowds make me want to hit people or queue jump […]
It was a few hours after we got the news that our flight to Chengdu was […]