As weeks go, this has been one. I find that happens more and more these days, don't you?

Moments various and sundry of flashbacks to my former lives have been plaguing me this week. By which I don't mean that 17th century when I was a Chinese farmer once, or that other 11th century as a plague pit digger. No.

The lives I've lived in this lifetime ( Read more... )

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate self-posting for fests?

Not the fests themselves, because they're usually brilliant.

Just the bit about self-posting. Because I suck at it like a five year old with a stick of rock candy.

I can not get it right first try. Or frequently even the second, third or fourth try ( Read more... )

Anxiety levels at an all time high today. Waiting for a phone call that will tell us whether or not the Home Office has approved an extension to our UK residency ( Read more... )

Further to a discussion elsewhere on lj a few days ago, an incident yesterday made me realise I feel worse about being avoided by people I know, than I do if I've had derogatory remarks shouted at me by total strangers. With strangers, I can console myself with the observation that they are clearly some form of arsehaberdasher, whereas with people ( Read more... )