Posts from ‘June, 2008’

To know a thing well, know its limits. Only when pushed beyond its tolerances will true nature be seen.
~ Frank Herbert’s Chapterhouse: Dune, book VI of the Dune Chronicles

As it goes, I’m still here. I was supposed to leave on Monday, but I’m still here. Various reasons. It’s that same feeling all over again – sitting at my desk, with a novel or my laptop for company, the room entirely empty save for the few pieces of luggage on the floor, [...]

So I guess this is it. After having postponed my flight back twice, prolonging my stay here for as long as I dared, my boxes are finally all packed, as are my suitcases. Only little things remain… those that I will be leaving behind, bits and pieces to which I attach a strong sense of [...]

The same gang of us who went to Lake District almost exactly two years ago again assembled for a quick weekend road trip, through the beautiful scenic countryside, deep into Wales. I enjoyed every minute of it, although the way was beset with little disappointments. For years I had been wanting to see the puffins, [...]

It was clear skies beneath me as the plane (an A380!) descended into Heathrow. Usually, it’s all fog. I was reminded that this wasn’t when I’d usually be arriving in London; I’d be departing, to miss the best times of summer.
The past two days I was in a short-sleeved top with a light jacket [...]

There’s so much I’d like to say, but so much of it doesn’t need to be said.
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From the living room windows, I can see our old apartment, just a few blocks and one postcode digit away. We’re barely two weeks settled at the new place, but it already [...]