Another year older

Birthday's are particularly weird at the moment, I think. It feels like time is standing still because of all the COVID connected nastiness and then the reminder of the progression is... odd. But then I've never liked my birthday even as a child. I don't like any endings! That little moody prelude out of the…

Harry Potter Studio Tour, A.K.A. I finally go out!

Yes, this took me about a week to write but Dania made me promise I'd upload photos so I had no choice but to get around to it. So, speaking to the last part of the title first, this was indeed my first proper trip out post the outbreak of this modern plague we've all…

Protected: Vaccine Dose One… and whoops

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I've not been writing here so much for a few reasons. Partly, I've had a lot going on in the past couple of years that has been either personal or is not the best to put out there openly on the web. I don't necessarily want to write about my PhD progress up here, in…

An Update

Going to open with a confession that I probably haven't got that much to say! I used to write this as a blog of what I was doing, events I attended, the odd review of things back in the day etc. but right now there's not so much to write about. Life is weird -…

PhD One Semester In

Okay, I know that time has basically become an imaginary entity in the past year but, even by 2020 standards, this past semester has flown by. But here we are, Christmas is approaching and the term is technically over. I'm actually still working on research proposals for funding (argh!) but there we go. So how…

Adding a bit of Sparkle

It's been quite amazing to see how committed people have been to setting up their Christmas decorations this year. They have appeared earlier than ever and, frankly, there are so many more decorations around than I've noticed in previous years. My village, which has historically been quite drab, is lit up like, well, a Christmas…

Birthday the 26th

I'm going to come right out with it. I was dreading this birthday. Another day inside, a significant day to remind me of how different last year was - and my goodness how everything has changed - and I haven't really liked my birthday since I was five when I realised that turning six meant…

Introducing Joasia

So far, this series has featured people I've known for years, friends who I have bonded with over the course of time with those bonds being tested by the natural ups and downs of our lives. Joasia is somewhat different as we haven't known each other for too long but she has been so perfectly…

Introducing Dafni

In this edition of 'Hey look at the awesome people I know' we stumble upon a truly unique character, a witchy little thing with a heart of gold (but I'm sure she wouldn't want me to say that too loudly). I am, of course, talking about darling Dafni. Dafni and I actually met online when…

Introducing my PhD!

I just realised that, for all I've been sorting it for the past couple of years and mentioning it in dispatches, I've never really touched upon what exactly I'll be researching for the next few years of my life. I'm not likely to go into much detail about the exact content, both because this isn't…

Life begins anew

I've touched upon the weirdness that has been life as of late, albeit in a bit of a paraphrased way as aspects are too personal to simply put up online publicly, and so writing this post is a complete breath of fresh air. I can't say that I'm completely happy - difficult things continue -…