Ever since I was a child I've been able to immerse myself completely in things to the exclusion of everything around me. This power of concentration, or "total lack of situational awareness" if you prefer, never left me. My favourite anecdote about it is the one from when I was about ten. My dad handed me a drink whilst I was reading. I took a big ( Read more... )

My friends, allow me to illustrate for you how posh my village is ( Read more... )

I had the peculiar experience of being patronised by someone whom I'm guessing was about half my age today ( Read more... )

Photos when I get back to the UK but for now, allow me to summarise seeing my old friend Roya play at Bodyfest. It was a privilege and a pleasure and I'm over the moon that I got to be there. I shall treasure the memory ( Read more... )

Late this afternoon, Humuhumu and I built a Lego Ferrari kit (with female driver!) whilst Keiki and the bloke went for a walk ( Read more... )

I found a caterpillar in my salad today. Well, not so much "found" as "poked my salad with a fork and watched in surprise as a caterpillar leapt to the relative safety of another region of my plate ( Read more... )

The Future Is Fantastic and Wonderful and Technology Makes Everything 1000000x BetterThe proof: Our car. There is nothing I don’t love about this thing. I get it, start it up, and it detects my phone and start playing my music from Spotify. I brake, and it’s like, “Stupid human with your slow reflexes. Get out the way, I’ll handle this. Stopping ( Read more... )

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Humuhumu usually reads two stories aloud before bed each night. One is her latest school book and the other is something familiar that she loves. She’s now in Level Orange in the school books, which is as difficult as the Reception year reading gets ( Read more... )