We are hoping to stay in Wales until the clocks to go back. Why? Internet school just doesn’t feel so early at 5:30am in the Caribbean compared to 4:30am. I know.. is there a difference? I’ll explain. You can decide if I need to be … Continue reading Jack’s Knack
When you travel, you can wheel around with distractions, ideas, comparisons, flavours. Being home is easier and more comfortable than being somewhere unfamiliar. It can be harder too. We are living the difference right now. We are feeling our way through. In some ways it’s … Continue reading One Bedroom Bungalow
Friends, friends, friends. Ever since we left our ‘normal’ life, Lulu has always missed being in a regular group of friends. She still has a few friends from attending primary school in Aberystwyth, but it’s been patchy. Definitely not the same. This has been the … Continue reading The Boat Kid
A masquerade ball. Lulu’s internet school, InterHigh posted details of the upcoming event. We’d considered it in Fort Lauderdale’s airport departure lounge. Lulu had worked so hard during the year. She’d got up so early in the Caribbean and listened to everyone in her class … Continue reading The Masquerade Ball
Wales was sunny when we crossed the Severn Bridge. When we left it in February, not only did we have rats, sorry water voles living behind our boiler, we also had rain that signed a contract it would never stop. I’d started wearing my sailing … Continue reading Hold On a Second
We left the rain behind us in Florida. Strange thing to say about flying to the UK. That must be a measure of how messed up the world is right now. Florida: flooding. UK: gorgeous melting sunshine. The sky cried tropical tears onto the airport … Continue reading Bog Blog
I’ve always known that different types of books can attract different types of readers. Romantic types like romantic novels while the psychologically curious soak up crime. Common sense right? But I’d never considered that different kinds of books can attract different kinds of authors. Until … Continue reading Identity
