Twenty twenty four. A year of highs and lows. The Highs. In April we took our honeymoon to Patagonia. It was amazing. A truly memorable experience; from Tierra del Feugo and The Magellan Straits to the “W” trek in Torres del Paine and the Maipo vineyards outside Santiago. We’d love to return and we highly …
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Honeymoon
Tiffany had friends who had enthused about hiking in Torres del Paine national park. I’d read ‘In Patagonia’ by Bruce Chatwin when I was a teenager and it had cast something of a spell on me. We both thought Patagonia would make for a memorable honeymoon. We decided to go in April 2024. There was …
2023
This was a big year. My Green Card arrived. If you look carefully, the residency officially started December 28th 2022, but hey, we can sneak it into 2023, can’t we? Look, below, it is green, and it is a card! Bees. I’ve had a quiet hankering to keep bees for a while, and in spring …
2022
Well that went quickly! My last post was in January. So, it’s about time to put fingers to keys and give a bit of an update, and it makes sense to do so as a wrap on the year, with a glug of Christmas spirit too. So here it is, my 2022 report: Health In …
Home
Tiffany and I bought a house in October 2021. It’s in the area of Nashville called Crieve Hall, about 10 minutes drive from downtown. It’s a ranch style house, with a basement. We’re making it a home, though with supply chain problems deliveries are taking a little longer than usual. We’ll get there. The guest …
Big Week.
Saturday 25th September. My birthday. 58. Quiet morning. I opened presents from Tiffany; a book on Greek mythology, a fab eau de cologne and very hi-tech pillow. I treated myself to my own birthday present; a clever little $50 Secrid metal “card protector” (wallet) and a $15 money band. Then Tiffany and I had a …
Cancer.
Wednesday 24th February 10.30am: Regular check up with Primary Care Physician. Dr. McGee. I had waited for two months for the appointment on top of waiting for the initial COVID surge to die down. Sunday 7th March: Received results from the check up. My PSA was very high. I was baffled. It was so much …
Friday 17th September
Friday 17th September was one of those ordinary days in which ‘out of the ordinary’ things happened. And, unless I recorded all of those things as belonging to the same day, they would get lost or rearranged into little snippets of stories that get disconnected from the day itself. I like that they are all …
Remote.
Everything is remote. Family is remote. Friends are remote. Boys are remote. The UK is remote. Work is remote. At times my feelings are remote too. Remote and discombobulated. Being unable to get home for so long. Having the visa appointment delayed again – it’s now March 2022 and who says that won’t move again. …