Against the Dark

  Day 5 Woke up feeling like my brain was going to explode. SO much I still want to do. The list doesn’t get smaller as every time I cross something off, I find something else to add! However, I feel now I have found some clarity about what I ultimately want from this trip.…

    Day 3 On the third day, I was useless. Complete body and brain failure. This is a state I have come to accept as normal. Annoying, frustrating, but normal. I scrapped my original plans, made a lower energy plan, discarded that too and accepted that Manhattan just wasn’t on the cards for today.…

What do you think of when you think ‘New York’? I’m guessing for many it’s the skyline. The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, maybe the Twin Towers are still there in your snapshot? Well, I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen any of it. Three days down and there’s been no shortage of remembering what…

Endometriosis. A fucker of a disease that makes you infertile, while giving you the appearance of being six months pregnant. When I was awarded a Get a Life Fund, the only stipulation was that I must write a blog. I’m good with that, it’s a small (and enjoyable) price to pay. Although writing about a…

As a precursor to my next blog ‘Endometriosis and Me’ I thought I’d share this short story  I wrote in 2013:   So, it was Thursday, right, when it all started. The script already written, we knew we’d need the professionals. We had to lie, there was no way they’d see us otherwise. They wouldn’t…

The day was passing fast and I still had two destinations to visit, but there was no denying that the previous day’s early start was catching up with me (to say nothing of the fact that I suffer from chronic (severe?) fatigue, a whole other story). Nothing was going to stop me though. I had…

So after way too long (a holiday and ill health, blog on that to follow) here is the third part of the Venice experience, apologies for those of you who have been waiting, the final part will follow shortly.   This morning I awoke groggy. I got up and enjoyed the delights of my bathroom,…

  The Biennale has a separate exhibition from (by my count) each of 89 Countries from around the world. Plus many other exhibitions and collaborations. The Biennale Giardini has pavilions from 30 countries, all purpose built over the last century. It really is astonishing to think these buildings have stood here for so long, and…

I feel a little like I’m in a fast moving tornado (is there any other kind?), and so I have decided to take a step aside and breathe for a bit. I am sat in the Caffe La Serra, just outside the Biennale Giardini, Venice. It is in a Greenhouse built in 1894, the oldest…