My Mothers Death
My writings have taken a looong sabbatical. My life grew in unexpected ways. I think life was just getting a little too easy, I needed some…
Ibiza – Not Just a Party Place
Believing the end of the world is nigh is deep in the thoughts of every generation: The Rolling stones busted out ‘Gimme Shelter’in the 60’s; Elvis…
What a Marathon Taught Me
It was during Paris fashion week in October 2008 that I was triggered into despair and body obsession. I imagine that 90% of people at Fashion…
Quitting the Cigs!
A year ago today I gave up smoking. Finally. I was one of those vehementally anti smoker kids, mainly because I felt that smoking attributed…
The Problem with Happiness Psychology
There came a time in my life when I lost sight of what made me happy. People would say, do what makes you happy! Just have…
Labels & Boxes & Love
Normal. What is normal? What I see as normal maybe very different from what you see. For most of my life I never felt normal, but…
Laila & Liza
On my travels I often meet kindred spirits. It makes me a little sad that they will only ever remain in my memory. I arrived…
The Rugby Portobello
I felt shock, disbelief, sadness and anger as I stared at the TV in my Mumbai hotel room. I watched the Grenfell Tower as it burned…
T’is the season of Love. Actually.
It feels like ‘Love’ is a buzz word more than ever right now. Thankfully. Which implies perhaps, there is a Love deficit, which we are…
STATUS UPDATE
The recent months I have felt writers block and general resistance to getting started on with anything ‘new.’ I thought that nestling back into ‘reality’ (stupid…
The Chic Seeker 