Karina

Tuesday 1 August 2023 I probably think this on the first of every month about whatever month it then is, but how on earth is it August? In the British mindset, this is summer, the summer holidays, the one month we all had off as students. I have some idyllic (heavily rose-tinted, I know) memories […]

31 July 2023 Cables. I have so many [expletive] cables. But not the right one in the right place at the right time. My mobile is showing signs of, as Chris and I refer to it, “piece of shit status”. It’s just over three years old, doesn’t work particularly well on WiFi Calling (which is

Friday 28 July 2023 We are having our roof repaired and guttering re-fitted at the moment. These are things we’ve never had to do with a flat in a block. I feel oddly grown up having a roofer working on the house. Today is another grey, cloudy day with more than a passing suggestion of

Thursday 27 July 2023 I drove six miles to our nearest letter box to post a birthday card and a small package, then decided to carry on to a nearby village that I have only ever driven through. I heard a strange noise as I walked through a graveyard, looked at a drystone wall and

Wednesday 26 July 2023 Apparently, it’s going to rain by lunch time. It’s 07:43 and my first ‘stress’ of the day is whether it’s worth trying to hang the washing out for a few hours. We will hopefully have a roofer coming round today to do some small repairs, the kind he can do in

Tuesday 25 July 2023 Yesterday, my friend Becky and I finished digging over the area where the cabin will go. It does not look like we have done anywhere near as much as it felt like we did. The ground is full of stones and roots. By the time we finished, on top of the