Hello 2019

Hello 2019

I’m writing this on the first Saturday of 2019. It’s bitterly cold outside, so I’ve got the fan-heater running as I type. The constant whir of its motor muffles the sound of Sigur Rós playing from my new Echo Dot on the floor below. The light in our...
Hello 2018

Hello 2018

I’ve been writing a version of this post every January since 2010. Sometimes, I sit down at my laptop knowing exactly what to say about the previous year, but occasionally I struggle to find the words. Here goes nothing… 2017 was much kinder to me and my...
Hello 2017

Hello 2017

After an unplanned break from blogging in December and ten days away from home during the Christmas holidays, I’ve been desperate to lose myself at my laptop and pull together my first post of 2017. As you may already know, 2016 was an incredibly challenging...
Hello 2016

Hello 2016

I don’t think I’ve ever waited so long to publish a blog post at the beginning of a new year. I can usually be found at my laptop on January 1st, raring to go and desperate to document my hopes and dreams for the coming months, but this year was different....
Hello 2015!

Hello 2015!

After entertaining what felt like a constant stream of visitors over Christmas and New Year, we’ve had a delightfully slow start to 2015. The house was full of good friends and chaos on the 1st, so in a break from tradition I decided to wait a few days before...

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