Locked-Down And Out In London
The Last Locked-down And Out In London
It’s warm this week and there’s a big wind. A big gentle wind blowing through deep layers of our psyche. It feels like an encouraging friend nudging us forward when it’s our turn to speak. History repeating itself is not necessarily a bad thing: there’s some unfinished business and it’s back to get finished.
The Last Locked-down And Out In London
It’s warm this week and there’s a big wind. A big gentle wind blowing through deep layers of our psyche. It feels like an encouraging friend nudging us forward when it’s our turn to speak. History repeating itself is not necessarily a bad thing: there’s some unfinished business and it’s back to get finished.
Locked-down And Out In London
June 7th The weather turned again this week. Now we’re riding the gloom train until the tracks run out. Our last warm evening was Tuesday. The birds here […]
Locked-down And Out In London
May 30th Flies buzz around the flat, their wings the sound of determined futility; welcome to the sound of the summer. The year we realised we meant nothing. […]
Locked-down And Out In London
May 22nd I sit outside and hear the world shutting up and closing windows after a hot day. It sounds like nightfall in a small Italian town. […]
Locked-down And Out In London
May 15th After a cold, grey week of watching the wind bully the trees, we’re back to beautiful mornings. Cool in the shadows but warm in the sun. […]
Locked-down And Out In London
May 8th “Pandemic! Got that pandemic.” We can continue with The Wire as someone is feeling a bit stronger this week – less overwhelmed and more outraged. Eerily, […]
Locked-Down And Out In London
May 1st “Like ghosts, adders are something I have always wanted to but never seen,” I note down while intoxicated. White wine is a new addition to my […]
Locked-down And Out In London
April 24th When the wind catches the Cyprus tree its leaves turn silver. I walk past a woman whose perfume takes me back to an untraceable image from […]
Locked-down And Out In London
17th April “Another day in paradise.” I hear a neighbour say. It’s no longer worth noting what makes me cry. But I do wish Diego Maradona could’ve had […]
Locked-down And Out In London
April 12th It’s black outside. As black as it gets in London. Orange-black. When the clouds pass through the sky like factory smoke. Nightly, there is the noise […]
Locked-down And Out In London
April 3rd It smells like smouldering embers. Someone nearby has had a fire going overnight. Strange thing to be doing in London but we’ll all be lighting fires […]
Locked-down And Out In London
March 27th There’s the familiar, mechanical Predator cackle of a magpie in a tree. It is another beautiful day. A distant hum of traffic, or is it just […]
Locked-down And Out In London
March 24th 2020 London I would say it was a beautiful day, but I wake up with such a heaviness over me. The bright, bright sun has a […]