Happy New Year. 2012. The beginning of the end. I’m not even talking about my project, I’m talking about this ‘end of times’ business. It’s Day 353, if you happen to be counting down to the end of the world. Personally, I don’t buy into the Mayan calendar thing (I like to think that their […]

Today, just a short confession; I hate Christmas. There, I said it. To some, I might as well have admitted to kicking dogs or stealing from orphans, but I can’t help the way that I feel. I just associate it with fighting the swarming masses in crowded retail outlets and drowning in Christmas carol muzak. […]

Laundry. I hadn’t really given much thought to how I would wash my clothes here, because really, is there anything more mundane in life than laundry? In my book, it’s up there – or down there, as the case may be – with cleaning tile grout and mowing the lawn. (Though, there was a time […]