Easter this year was, appropriately, all about the animals. I went home to my parents’ place in northern Scotland, which is surrounded by forest and field. Pretty much any time of the day or night you can see or hear wild animals and farm animals outside. The kitchen window is rather like a cinema screen for [...]
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Today is the 9th of August, and I have achieved my ambition of remaining in one place for a month without traveling to another city or country to stay overnight. This is the first time I have managed this level of stillness in several years, and it was much needed. My mind is clearer – blissfully [...] I finished my roadtrip with a journey into the interior of Washington State. Around 40 minutes’ drive from Seattle lie the towns of Fall City, Snoqualmie and North Bend, all used during the filming of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks TV series. To say I’m a fan of Twin Peaks is something of an understatement. An ex-boyfriend introduced [...] In Seattle now, theoretically at the end of our journey, in mileage terms at least. We have covered the whole of the west coast, pretty much (should really have started in San Diego). 1040 miles as the crow flies, many many more the way we traveled it: some inland routes, some along the coast. We did [...] The trip has become a trip. Initial wonderment has been replaced by a strange mixture of emotions. There are long periods of driving, through sometimes extremely beautiful and sometimes quite monotonous terrain. There is so much of everything in California – millions of redwood trees, endless miles of sun-bleached grass, vineyard upon vineyard, closer to the [...] My little brother is 28 today. He is awesome – not just because he has taken me to the US for my birthday, but also because he refuses to be intimidated by even the most outrageous challenges: That’s a big salad, little man. But it poses no threat to the man with the bottomless stomach. By contrast, I am [...] We arrived in LA on Thursday, to be greeted at the airport by my friend, Ji. After giving me as big a hug as a tiny pregnant Korean lady can muster, she said: ‘So, while you were in the air Michael Jackson passed away.’ I looked at my brother, who by now had adopted his LA [...] So the sun did shine (my humblest apologies to the Swiss), and I feel a whole lot better than I did yesterday. 2008… …so last year. 2009… so far, [...] I’ve decided to take a tip from the Chinese and deal with troubling times by retreating to contemplate life by the side of a beautiful lake. As luck would have it though, the weather in Lausanne is unremittingly grey today, and Lake Geneva is just an idea in my mind as I watch the rain sleet [...] Pudong skyline: fifteen years ago this was all agricultural land. The view from my hotel. At night I’d occasionally see a light on in the tower crane driver’s box to the right of the picture. Did he sleep up there? Shanghainese shoes on the 93rd floor: spot the Chanel. Down at street level things can be a little more [...] |
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