After a couple of days in Muscat, we drove away with our rented car, used until that moment just to take a fine for unpaid parking. The first stop on the way was at the so-called Sinkhole, a splendid natural pool surrounded by rocks. Giamma checks the best route between the boulders ...
With the long travel time (13 hrs each way), it is unlikely that we will be back till end of year perhaps. We also admitted that age must be catching up with us – the journey seems to feel longer and more tiring each time. When I said bye to my mum earlier in the day, she d...
I generally very strong but some days I just want to deck her !! lol!! Let's see how it plays out when he's an old man and her kids have grown up. Will she stick around? Maybe not. You are way better off without him. Quote Thanks Add post Share Report Bookmark ...
In my mind, I was disgusting, I was a failure, I was filled by a guilt that made me ill, and I needed a way to punish myself, to actively express the black fog you had filled my mind with. And there was a voice that told me that if I got sick enough, if I looked frail en...
Monkey Girl was on that stage for three years. Duffy, in Annie. Glinda, in the Wizard of Oz. Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Monkey Boy was a pirate in Peter Pan. Baby Monkey worked his way from backstage crew to Stage Manager. And, for the past two years, Tiny has worked props ...
In my mind, I was disgusting, I was a failure, I was filled by a guilt that made me ill, and I needed a way to punish myself, to actively express the black fog you had filled my mind with. And there was a voice that told me that if I got sick enough, if I looked frail en...
“retired,” sold their home, and were traveling between kids and parents for the time being — only they were headed all the way to Oregon. Anyway, it was nice to meet another couple who didn’t think we were any more nuts than they were to do what we’ve been doing these past ...
Hobbs, could you assist me with this patient?" Hobbs, who had been half way out the door, nodded and went to his side. Emily stared up at them, somehow knowing what they were about to do to her. Clive stood on her right, while Hobbs was on her left. "Hold her down please,...
Once I’d got the batting sandwiched between the top and bottom layers, I trimmed the edges square and started to tack them together. I’m sure there is a ‘proper’ way to do this but I basically sat in the middle and smoothed all the ripples to the outside edges until it was as...
to do a still life or a sunset – his paintings came out almost exactly the same every week. A deeper pine green one week … more shadows or an extra duck the next. The tulips were replaced by dandelions as spring gave way to summer. But, for the most part, the sameness was ...