wanderings & wonderings

I saw a man on the bus today on the way to an exhibition about ancient Egypt: his skin captivated me.

I wandered into a dark broom-cupboard of a second-hand bookshop in Ubud, Bali a while ago. As I crossed its musty threshold I was ...

A cool, bright night in the rice fields. Not a whisper of wind rifling the mosquito net that fell in a waterfall of pale cream cloth from ..

Central Bali, gazing out of the window into the inky blackness that blankets the rice fields. A brief moment of darkness...

Early one Saturday morning in the middle of April. A day that dawned bright and clear and sunny. A canopy of endless blue sky ...

New Year almost upon us. I worked out the other day that in a six month period I celebrate not one but six new years. Lucky girl.

“The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ... Chinese Proverb

Tell me...where does time go?

Friends are here from the UK at the moment and are totally overawed at the magic that is Singapore - efficient airport bedecked in flowers, 5 star hotel at an affordable price, excellent food, safe water, public transport that runs on time, no chewing gum stuck to the streets and, of course, an endless array of shiny, ice-cool shopping malls. It’s very, very wet at the moment but rain is what it does here given our proximity to the equator and even though us locals witte

A gentle, mellow, early start to the day. A welcome respite from the wetness of the past couple of days. A journey to my local market at 7am

Singapore awoke yesterday under a pale gray sky, no sign of the sun. Still, humid, expectant of rain. I began the day with a swim ...

No mistaking the fact that today is Monday. In the deep darkness before dawn the haunting call of the Koels stirred me from my slumber.

It started at 08h59 yesterday morning. Bang! Bang! Bang! A measured, metronomic rhythm crashed through my awareness setting my teeth on edge

The day dawned utterly serene this morning over Singapore. Being Sunday the building sites are silent leaving space in the ether