We’ve reached a point in time where Neil and Isla are cleaning the fish tank for fun, she randomly announces ‘Look, Mum, I’m galloping,’ and bids me goodnight with, ‘G’night, old woman.’ What stage of lockdown is that? Neil also gave himself a buzzcut, but that’s possibly another post. In news possibly related to the ‘old woman’ thing, I’m working on a new writing project. And no, blogging is not procrastinating. A few weeks ago, I started a blog post…
This week, I spoke to someone. On the phone. Someone not related to me. Someone not married to me, on his weekly trip to the supermarket, using one of my scarves as a mask. Every year, without fail, people buy me scarves. I don’t wear them. They collect, and possibly multiply in my closet. But I don’t wear them. These days, my husband wears one (with penguins on it) to go to the supermarket. He calls me to tell me…
If we were having coffee these days, it would probably be whipped coffee on a zoom meeting. I’ve tried two of those, zoom meetings. With the camera off. That might defeat the purpose or whatever. But I don’t need to see the size of my pores or feel bad about my chins. A few weeks ago, I might have mentioned that my kid cut my husband’s hair. I suggested that she go from the ends, but what do I know?…
I was counting the days, then I lost count. Staying home isn’t new to me, but when we moved here, I imagined having a birthday cake at my favorite bakery, going to the bookstore and then taking the kid to the zoo. Perfect day, complete with people-watching. But this year, everyone’s at home or should be. What day is it? One day last week, it was my birthday. The night before Isla was in her blanket fort, drawing. ‘Nothing to…
I’ve reached two weeks in the house. Hi. How are we all? In between watching my kid do yoga (I’m jealous of her calm) and washing my hands, I’ve been writing down my thoughts. And if you read me for the life updates, I’ve been um, upgraded since this interesting mishap. Honestly, when we moved back to Edinburgh, I imagined a little more social and less social distancing. But here we are. For my part, here’s a little list I…
