May 2016

Time is a strange thing. Time alters the perception of things. In passing, it can make things appear less painful, or more significant, depending on one’s state of mind. But what is really happening when time passes? I feel that time you spend with other people means the longer you spend with them the more Read more

Ok, rain, enough now, the novelty has worn off! Texas weather is simply crazy. I read somewhere that May is the rainiest month of the year, but it’s getting ridiculous. Thunderstorms with incredible lightning day and night, horizontal trees, and rivers of rainwater running down the streets. The next day (or even same afternoon): bright Read more

I’m sitting at a lovely spot, a cafe overlooking the lake. Good coffee. People to watch. Smiles. It’s sunny but not humid-hot, and I feel calm and almost settled. This is where I need to come to write, I realise. I do love my house, but it can be too much of a cocoon, and Read more