Sometimes I find it difficult to live in the present. My mind is always racing ahead of me and thinking about my next project, about my future goals and the future life I want to lead. Just now I am living in Russia. I’ve been here for 6 months, which is crazy in itself, and …
Dystopia – are we there yet?
Nineteen Eighty-Four. Brave New World. We. Fahrenheit 451. Classic dystopian novels, through which authors engaged with their readers by depicting worlds that were not only visions of some distant, sci-fi future, but futures that were not actually all that unimaginable, with themes firmly rooted in the political, economic and social tensions of the 20th century. …
One Lovely Blog Award
Hello everyone, A bit of a different style of blog post for me today, to say thank you to the lovely Cluster of Stars for nominating me for the One Lovely Blog award! I have been keeping up my blog now for over a year, and have really enjoyed the process of developing my writing skills and joining …
Almaty
Earlier this month, I spent a week in Almaty, a city located in the northern foothills of the Zailiyskiy Alatauin mountain range in Southern Kazakhstan. Here is a visual diary of my time there. Exploring the city Almaty itself is a fairly small city, but there is a lot to see and do, with vast …
Imperfect
I am imperfect. A restless spout of tiny words tells me so. I am inconsequential and incapable Of creating That thing that feels so certain in my mind, sometimes. Like how can I get to that place When I don’t know where it is and Will I know if it’s the right place …
23 thoughts at 23
Nobody likes you when you’re 23… …And you still act like you’re in freshman year, what the hell is wrong with me? TUNE. Where is my phone? Where is my hair bobble? Where are my shoes?! Why don’t I listen to Fuse ODG more often? He’s great. Wow I’m quite old actually. I’m almost 10 …
Moscow
{Also featured on my 2nd blog, Russia Revisited} I have been converted. Having visited Moscow on several occasions when I lived in nearby Tver, I never felt particularly drawn to the city. I tried to love it, but each time I went I was let down. Face-control snobbery, expensive food, too big to properly get …
New Year’s Resolutions
There is something a bit more concrete about writing down your hopes and wishes rather than just having them floating around the ether of your own mind. So here goes, my list of promises to myself for the year 2017. Keep a journal - even if it's just a line a day. You used to be …
Who do you think you are?
“Who do you think you are?” is the BBC hit programme that delves into the family trees of well-known celebrities, offering fascinating genealogical research and tales of the stars’ ancestors, from all walks of life. Recently, the show aired an episode about the lineage of Danny Dyer, the archetypal Cockney geezer, loveable and funny, if a …
Requiem for my yesterday
Having been working as an English teacher in Russia for a month now, I feel that I am more or less used to my routine at university. My timetable of work is pretty busy, and it turns out that it is quite hard to juggle this work : life ratio that I’ve heard people so often …
Word and Whimsy 