Ennui
There are no highlights because there is no light. Routines are important but now routines merely emphasize the sameness of each day, making the motions, moving through the day, nowhere…
The Crown
Season 4 of the Crown started airing mid November just in time for some pre-Christmas binging. Yes, I use the denominational term because what, if not in line with western…
Everything is not fine
In March, when things were still so unsettled and we thought that this pandemic would be over in weeks I bought a T shirt on line that made me laugh.…
The Time of Orange and Grey
The Time of Orange and Grey I started writing even while my father was still alive: early Friday morning when I took on the 5:00 am shift, one week after…
Isolation
17 Weeks of isolation. Still there is only one person I see a week - socially distanced - for a walk and a drink outdoors. There were two other times…
Summer 2020
The weather is hot and humid now. The rhythm of hot sunny days giving way to humidity and then blown out by torrential rainstorms has succumbed to draught and unrelenting…
The Question of Origin
I was recently asked to write about my place of origin. For some maybe a straightforward question but for me, as for many others, an entirely confusing and anxiety-inducing one.…
Covid 19 Quality of Life II
11 weeks on in near isolation. I have seen the transformation from winter, rapidly depleting my wood pile, staying huddled under the big featherbed in the mornings reluctant to face…
Growing Things
When I first moved to the country some eighteen years ago I felt obligated to garden. It just seemed like the thing to do when you have two acres, clean…
Meat
Many of us have been thinking about agricultural practices, food production, food security, and sustainability for a long time. Like many other issues - notably inequality, racism, privilege - COVID…