• Bricks, Walnuts and Ghosts: A Bulgarian Odyssey (With Eggs)

    29th November 2009 For the past three weeks, I’ve been holed up in Bulgaria helping my stepbrother David “renovate” his house, though ‘renovate’ might be stretching the truth. ‘Systematic destruction’ may be more accurate. Communicating with the outside world proved to be a bigger challenge than rebuilding it. The internet moved slower than a Bulgarian… Continue Reading

  • Prisons, Ghosts, and Killer Bytes: Life in Late 2009

    2nd October 2009 Yet again, I’ve had to be cajoled into finding time to write a blog. I’ve no real excuse; sometimes I’ve just been too busy, and other times I simply didn’t feel like it. Life seems to have settled into a routine, punctuated by random events, and I’m quite comfortable deciding which of… Continue Reading