I buy a thermometer and suddenly find that I’m living in the past
I have been scared to use the heating lately for fear of being cut off, so I attempted to measure…
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I have just turned 30 and am rather surprised to find I am still so young
I do not know who I will be by the end of this next decade, but I hope they will…
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I start the year as I don’t mean to continue, sipping venerable condiments
Right now I’m only on the year’s fifth day, and all I can say is it looks like it’s going…
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Humans think they own the world but, outnumbered by birds, I am dumbfounded
A lot of birdwatching seems to be quite disappointing, but as I stare through my binoculars at the sky I…
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In my post-festive season loneliness, I wonder if I have gone feral
I ask myself if I could live with someone else now, who would tolerate my lifestyle? Left to my own…
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My Armenian Christmas reminds me how traditions are reinvented in times of crisis
Armenians celebrate Christmas on 6 January – and this year we will make a virtue of necessity.
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I have compiled a new playlist for 2022 – “Songs you can’t feel sad to”
High up is Beck’s “Nicotine & Gravy”, which is oozing and unctuous and weird, and to which my body moves…
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Do we need a multi-sensory “experience” to make this Christmas perfect?
It makes me feel 100 years old to be complaining about the season’s over-commercialisation, but isn’t it really about togetherness…
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