30 in 2005

If anything I'd say this has been a mixed year. I've had a lot more on the mind than is healthy I think and the continued silence on...

May my wish to beat (creeping up in old age) insomnia come true. And of course spreading good cheer and joy to the world.  The NORAD tracker...

Ok, some disclaimers before my one reader pounces with their refuting statements. This is our experience. Lots of people do far longer journ...

Bhopal was brilliant. I love how green it is - social forestry is at work I am assured. I will let the pictures tell you about our day out o...

Or translated: sorry for the interruption/ stoppage. I have a lot of Sunday lunches I owe this blog. In a while, crocodile!  We are in Bhopa...

So you remember my birthday? The one in Jul y that 99% of you forgot/ could not be bothered to wish me for. (I'm having a snarky day - l...

I was creative as a child but somehow growing up I shed off a lot of that instinct. Or maybe I blocked it out in the face of needing to be p...

Not this Sunday (because I threw another meal, lunch this time, for 8+6) but the Sunday before was a lunch worth talking about.  I had a...

Hosting a proper dinner party for the first time since we got here. Sure we've had the odd couple or two over but those meals have ...

We are in Calcutta for a quick weekend celebration with V's folks. So far it's been an eat-and-meet fest dominated by the most amazi...

In my London longer-than-a-decade I never really engaged with Guy Fawkes Day. And by that I mean I knew when it was, I went (grudgingly, I m...

On our very few ventures to the beach here in Singapore I have roundly complained about the very narrow strip and uninspiring nature of thes...

Family obligations meant an at home Sunday lunch this weekend. The Brothers were meeting school friends after many a year and my sis in law ...

Twelve months deserve twelve points. 1. Yesterday was One Year since we got here. For its weather alone it has been worth the journey. S...

Two strips of masking tape All the wooden blocks we own Hot wheels car launcher Small bucket of cars Cool marble floor Bowl of blueberries G...

This Sunday it's homemade brocolli soup and garlic bread for lunch. There's only Kid and I (both with stinking colds) and with this ...

When we moved to Singers nearly a year ago we knew that the Asian sensibilities to education would be quite similar to the Indian one. I ass...

This is a country of non vegetarians and vegetarians would be hard pressed to find much weight in the mains of any menu. After a bit of a go...

V is 40 today. Considering I met him when he was 17 I'd say he's aged well. Or maybe it's only I that can still see the schoolbo...

I finally bought a set of fabric pens - what's a bit more clutter in a mountain anyway - and filled in and finessed what I had started. ...