Travel can be both wonderful and uncomfortable – and the least comfortable part tends to be the getting places. However, I’ve put in some good practise at this, and I’m happy to offer you my very incomplete guide to travel essentials for bookworms, introverts, and anyone else who really just wants to be left to…
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The Trials & Tribulations of a Travelling Vegetarian
Look away now, meat lovers. Or don’t, and laugh at my discomfort instead. I’ve been vegetarian for somewhere over a decade now, and even before that never ate much meat. I was vegan for a year or so, but gave it up because it was so hard to eat out or to go to friends’…
Catnip, Marmite, and Whittaker’s Chocolate
It’s short story time, so head on over to this week’s offering here, or read on for some background, and a ramble about the things we miss when we move away. One of the things that you don’t think about, when you’re eighteen and heading out into the world, is that not everywhere will have…
It’s Not About The Journey
By the time you read this, I will be slumped over a cup of tea, deliriously jetlagged, in Australia. Or I’ll be asleep or something. I don’t know, I get the time zones mixed up. But whatever the details, I will be over there, which requires thirty-odd hours on planes and in airports, and I’ll…
7 Mildly Interesting Things
The wonderful A.S. Akkalon nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award, which is both very nice of her and very confusing as I’m not sure what it is I’m supposed to be versatile at. Writing about cats, dragons and cake with equal enthusiasm, perhaps? Oh, wait – there are details. “The Versatile Bloggers Award is…