by liz scully | Aug 10, 2014 | Cold, London, Signs, Weather
Do you know the Scottish word ‘dreek’? It means bad weather. In some areas of Scotland it means really bad weather – soaking wet and freezing cold. But with my Ayrshire chums it usually meant that horrible cold, wet weather where it...
by liz scully | May 15, 2014 | Cold, Mindset
I can’t, currently, breathe. Or rather, I can only breath very slowly and rather shallowly. I sound like a cheap Darth Vader impersonator. This lack of easy breathing is why this post is late. I have a cold, and my brain is made of cotton wool and I’ve been working on...
by liz scully | Dec 25, 2013 | Cold, India
First of all – though I assume you’ll sensibly be reading this on days other than the 25th December… just in case you are: Merry Christmas! Being a bookish sort, when anything new arrives in my life, my first inclination is to go get a book on the...
by liz scully | Sep 11, 2013 | India, Monsoon
<—- So this happened. This week, they came and cut down the trees in the empty lot next to my home, so building work can start. It wasn't quite paradise, to be honest, it was just a bit of waste land with some beautiful, well developed trees on it. But...
by liz scully | Jul 22, 2012 | India, View from the office, Weather
So, in my ongoing search for the monsoon, I seem to be somewhat thwarted by gorgeous non-monsoon weather. Witness Exhibit A – the view from the office yesterday. This is of course delightful on many levels – being by the beach, being able to work from...
by liz scully | Jul 19, 2012 | India, View from the office, Weather
So, as I mentioned, I’ve run away to the seaside this week. I’ve come down to where I used to live in Kerala, in hope of finding the monsoon. Sadly there’s wasn’t much sign of it today, and so I was obliged to put up with beautiful sunshine,...
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