The trashed garden

The trashed garden

28 October 2019 “Tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles.”   Voltaire – Candide  I’ve been mulling this post for ages and it goes to the heart of why I write this blog. It’s not so much for the sheer quantity of readers...

Niseko – cho

We’re planning to go skiing in Japan next March. I won’t have been skiing for 6 years and I’ve never been very good at it, having learned only at the age of 38. Generally if, like me, you have a fear of speed and steep slopes, skiing can be a...
Oasis

Oasis

15th October 2019 Fayuen Street, Mongkok, Hong Kong Hong Kong has felt increasingly tense in the last few weeks. I’m not going to talk about the protests and their reasons here because, though I have formed my impressions, I’m not really qualified and it...