This half-term, Florence’s parents asked if they could come over and help us with Alex. Of course, we said yes. They stayed for ten days. It was a bit crowded in our tiny flat but, believe me, it was totally worth it. With them around, we could sudden ...
I’ve never been a fan of made-up celebrations. For years, I’ve seen things like Halloween or Christmas as just engines for consumerism, days on the calendar designed to make us buy things we don’t need. I honestly paid them close to zero attention. Bu ...
What a nice day we've had! You know those days when you step outside, and the sky is just so blue, without a cloud in sight? Well, today was one of those. We spent it wandering through the gorgeous Cotswolds countryside. It’s days like these I feel so ...
I have shared this story numerous times in various ways, but I believe it’s best to write it down, just in case the temptation to modify it arises in the future. It’s a story too precious to be altered, and I want the future me to share the same enchanti ...
I like walking. A lot. When I’ve visited my friend’s new working studio in Wembley, I had a look on his window and I’ve seen Grand Union Canal, just a few steps from his window. It didn’t take too much time to give myself a new challenge: to ...
Spoiler alert: It’s not easy. If you are in your 20s and you are thinking of having a child, there are no rational reasons to have one. The word rational is very important in that sentence. Keep that in mind. A child mean ...
I was thinking, for example, of Americans, who “import” hard labor from Mexico, Europe, etc. to work in fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, KFC, etc. OK. Why waste so much money and time with employees, when a chain of robotic fast food can ...
I’m going to tell you a short story that was, actually, one of the biggest life lessons I have received in my entire life. I fly to Singapore for my birthday. I love Singapore. It’s one of the best places in the world. I stay here just for a few days ...
We are always in a rush. We’re always busy. We have to do something at any giving time of the day. We have to? Or we decide to? I’ve just started an experiment: I spend one to two hours per day in the middle of nature, without doing anything, in particul ...
I like flying. I like flying so much that I felt stuck in time, during this pandemic. I couldn’t fly for more than one year and things got a bit weird in my head. Maybe because I’ve been used to flying almost monthly. I had even more than&n ...
