In and out of the Comfort Zone
A Week of Niblings
While there are many parents who may dread the summer holidays, I actually love it because – gratefully childfree – I get to be Super Fun Aunt Mimi and hang out with my gorgeous Niblings while my sister is at work. At nine and seven her children are at the brilliant age of engaging intelligence…
Discovering I do love Download after all
Wednesday In the final chapter of my month of adventures (which could optimistically be called ‘Swim, Jump, Rock’) I have joined my love Iorwerth for his annual pilgrimage to the mecca of Rock and Metal, and we have now arrived at Download Festival in Donington Park. If you know me at all you will understand…
I JUMPED OUT OF THE SKY!
(continued from previous post) After a few minutes watching expert skydivers sail out of the blue and land with crumpling parachutes in the dropzone, the nerves settled into an elated sort of calm. I sent a message to my love. It was 4 in the morning UK time so he wouldn’t see it till it…
Pre Sky Shakes
Saturday June 3. 6.30am Of course I wake up anxious. Before the alarm. I’m scared of both parkrun at 9am and the skydive at 1pm. Hopefully the happy parkrun endorphins will carry me happily to an easy jump this afternoon. But it’s good to have some feelings. It’s been so very easy and chill these…
Beautiful Rain
Because Dave and Jen are the most incredible hosts, they arranged an overnight adventure to Makarora for us yesterday. Jen found a gorgeous little dog friendly place called Wild Earth Lodge about two hours away in the valley of Mount Aspiring National Park, and after a much appreciated lunch in Wanaka – warmed by an outside…
New Zealand next
Sunday 28 May I’ve been here a week already. And compared to Thailand it has been refreshingly uneventful. As soon as I landed my New Zealand brother handed me a warm weatherproof coat for the sudden temperature change, and since then I have been wrapped in the warm cosy safety of my brother and his…
Goodbye Thailand
Saturday 20th. 11.30am Thailand is so hard without my brother. Everything is confusing and nothing makes any sense at all. I’m sitting at the taxi place crying and crying. Fucking hell. Just feel so ignored and dismissed. After all the love and welcoming and friendliness, this morning there was such confusion about the bags, the…
Solo Thai times
Friday 19th, 10.30am I dried my stupid face and walked through the nighttime Ko Samet. Very soon there was Bananabar, where I sought out the same old lady who had laughed lovingly like a grandma at my brother two days ago. She looked at me confused until she remembered. She said, ‘He gone?’ ‘Yeah he’s…
Goodbye my brother
Thursday 18th It is my brother’s last day on the island. Tomorrow he flies to Korea for a show that he has been preparing and rehearsing for this week, and I have two more nights on my own in Ko Samet before my flight to New Zealand. I feel so at home here that I’m…
Yes Woman, Yes Cry
May 16. 7pm After another day of doing very little, my brother and I shared fruit smoothies at a nearby resort and returned to Sangthien just after 4. I had plans to meditate, read, write or plan ny life in the hour before sunset. But I lay down for a minute and disappeared into a…
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In and out of the comfort zone 