Please stay home

I was clearing out my emails earlier on and I deleted one from someone I knew when I was a volunteer about the Coronavirus. At the time I didn’t bother to open it because, obviously, I’m 10,000 km away now and no longer able to volunteer and I don’t really need to...

Casting on

5th April 2020 The project: I was entranced by seeing weather throw pictures from some of my friends on Twitter, most notably @riverwillow8 and, in need of a project to distract me from the dreamlike semi-lockdown existence in which I now find myself, this seemed like...
Cross my heart

Cross my heart

4th April 2020 About the project: Cross my Heart is another  Wool and the Gang kit. I loved the picture on the website because it’s a wrap top in super chunky yarn that I thought would suit me. Let’s be honest, I do like the idea of showing off my...
10,000 Buddhas of Shatin 沙田

10,000 Buddhas of Shatin 沙田

30th March 2020 Music: Sanctus. Jools Holland Having been forced to cancel our skiing holiday, and on semi-lockdown for a couple of months, we took a trip to the 10,000 Buddha temple at Shatin 沙田. At that point Hong Kongers were congratulating themselves, albeit...
Help terminated

Help terminated

8th March 2020 Hong Kong has been slowing down since last summer’s anti-government protests, and the current haunting spectre of the Novid Coronavirus continues to lurk around every corner, emptying offices and restaurants in the centre of town; closing churches...