What is this life for, if not to sit on the top of a mountain and marvel at the setting sun?
All in Travel
Preening Supermodel or Girl-Next-Door?
It really is as romantic and enchanting as the guidebooks say, and also staggering in as much as there are breath-catching buildings literally around every corner. It is full of history, character and charm and houses some of the greatest and most important artistic treasures in the world.
Long May We Be Brave, Spontaneous and Motivated By Art
Even that old bastion of English grumpiness, the security guards on the main entrance, were engaging and funny on our visit.
A Glimpse Of Green In A Blurred World Of Grey
Life is, I believe, mostly blurred and confusing.
Moments of Beauty - Number One of an Occasional Series
We sat under the trees after hours on our feet, tired, thirsty and just a little irritable, as naïve tourists have a habit of being in warm countries.
I Could Bite Tracey Emin
Walk the streets more often. That would be my advice to anyone wanting to open their eyes and to see beneath the surface of their normal, everyday world.
Dark And Uncharted Terrain
Imagine this.
Walking along a gravel covered path, narrow, winding, thick vegetation on all sides.
On The Trail Of The Ponies
They say that sometimes life is easier when you just stick to what you know.
To Be Associated With Brighton
I was allocating people to locations as I travelled through life.
All Very Malasana
Madrid. A city of sunshine and colour. Of art and culture. Of people and cars and noise and life.
That Way Happiness Lies
The posts on the blog will tell you that there were good times. But I also tried to share some of the challenging moments and use the writing process to try to help me understand what was happening and why.
Hats and Beards, Dogs and Booze
That's my kind of music festival. Comfortable and age friendly.
Definition or confusion
Real life. A view into someone's world, full of colour and character and intrigue
Fuck Love!
The art of finding meaning when it doesn't exist.
Sound and No Sound
But perhaps the biggest contrast of all is when you notice, during those brief moments when the city decides to rest, that everywhere is quiet.
Solace
There will always be challenges for us to face as human beings and we frequently struggle to engage with each other in positive or respectful ways.
The Dark Part Of Twilight
The dark part of twilight. It's a beautiful way to describe it. That brief moment in the city when the street lights come on yet, when you look up, the sky seems suddenly to have come alive.
Intangible and Ethereal
I love live music. Over the last couple of weeks I have been to gigs in a pub, a “pop-up” in a very exclusive gentlemen's outfitters in London and an old and awe-inspiring Brighton church.
Down From London
There is something that feels very British about a wind-swept, freezing cold beach in winter. Almost deserted, with just a few hardy souls dog walking past rows of empty beach huts wrapped up against the storms and salt spray.