W14
There comes a time in every girl's life where she has to confess that she has been extremely slack, and in turn, apologise profusely...This is my time.I haven't blogged very much lately.But in my own...
View ArticleInevitability
Winter is coming.I swear that in the 2 weeks that my mother was here, and while my feet were barely touching the ground, the season changed.As soon as I had time to take a deep breath and open my eyes...
View ArticlePoles and Cobblestones
I have to say, with some arrogance, that my new job is pretty sweet.I just spent the weekend in Sofia, Bulgaria -eating, drinking and being merry with colleagues from the old Soviet bloc. Oh yeah. And...
View ArticleAnother moment of glory.
Everyone wants their 1.7 seconds of fame.Mine kicks in here at around 1 minute 16.Go Ruddy!I cast my vote yesterday, with a horrific sniffly cold and in about 5 degrees. Gotta love London.
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The Weather
It is -1 right now. There was ice on the ground this morning. I almost slipped.On a brighter note, it is sunny. But because it is sunny, there are no clouds, and it is -1.Nature works in mysterious...
View ArticleTis The Season
I promised you that I would blog soon, properly. And here I am!Yesterday. on a trip down to the German Christmas Markets in Kingston, I went into the computer shop and did what I should have done weeks...
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Mulled Wine
Mulled Wine Originally uploaded by adelvice. My toes were very cold at the point this picture was taken. My tummy on the other hand, was not. :-)
View ArticleThis Year and Next
It is now 6 full months that I have been here in London. That, and the fact that we are knocking on the door of 2008 has made me tres reflective. A bit of introspection never hurt anyone did it?For a...
View ArticleSnow and Faces
I am currently in Bucharest writing this from my blackberry. Forgive the poorly thought out ideas. Am blogging as best as I can from the comfort of my hotel bed in a country where the water is...
View ArticleFour Countries, Four Weeks, Energy, Fatigue
"Excuse me, I'm sorry, there's not a lot of room. I hope you don't mind me standing here', I said to the two young gentlemen standing at the bar in Platinum, Warsaw.'Is that an Australian accent?' said...
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Look! I'm in Riga!
Look! I'm in Riga! Originally uploaded by adelvice. I have not written on my blog for ages and ages. Thoroughly neglectful and utterly lazy.To tide you over till I get time to write something proper -...
View ArticleChivalry
So finally, I am writing a post on here. After two months of not very much, I've found some inspiration. I have a policy you see, of not writing on here unless I have something interesting (at least in...
View ArticleAirborne
While I won’t be able to publish this post until I land, I nonetheless write from the flukey luxury of the emergency exit seat of my flight to Moscow. Week two of this particular glut of travel has...
View ArticleA Test
If I said that the past three months of blogger silence was a test to you, my loyal readership, would you believe me? I doubt it.I can't diagnose the malady that has prevented me from writing. I've...
View ArticleDevices named after Fruits
After my slightly cheesed off earlier post from Krakow, I am pleased to advise that while the bank problem remains unfixed, the soothing balm of the Adriatic has left me in a somewhat milder mood!I am...
View Article"When the Lord made me...."
As I walk the streets of London at the moment, one sound is pervasive - more common than any other I hear. It is the sound of breath swiftly sucked back through the teeth, instinctively, against the...
View ArticleEmancipation Through Mo-Town
Be warned. The following post is self-indulgent catharsis on my part. It borders on pointless whinging. You've been warned. And warned again.To put it simply, this has been just about the worst...
View ArticleWhite Out
'For today it is snow day, and all those who awake to a footpath covered in black ice need not venture out into the streets of London.'Fortunately, I have enough emergency supplies (icecream,...
View ArticleThe Perfect Pool Stance
On Sunday, whilst playing pool with the lovely lovely Templeman family, I had the privilege of being given a lesson on how to play properly, by a gent who had grown up around family-owned pool halls....
View ArticleJigsaw Puzzles
For a long time in London, all the pieces have fit together. Suddenly, with the removal of a few; a couple of dear friends, the good time certainty that a stable economy intrinsically provides, the...
View ArticleI feel it all
My moon my man.Eternal life is now on my trail.Got me my requiem coffin man, just need one last nail.There's no time for hatred, only questions.Where is love, where is happiness?What is life? Where is...
View ArticleSolis
What is it about sunshine?Its rays have worked their way into my psyche and are trying to fill all those half empty cups that the long winter has left lingering there.A walk through the city at...
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