Writing about whatever comes to mind
What started as a simple WordPress blog chronicling the renovation of a flat in Budapest has grown legs.
I had no plan for it, other than to keep interested parties around the world informed of what I was up to. My postage budget had been diverted to paint and time was in short supply; blogging seemed an efficient way to stay in touch.
Thirteen years later, it is an intrinsic part of what I do. I write about life in Hungary, the country in which I finally got to unpack my bottom drawer.
I write about my travels, about music, food, spirituality, politics, life, death, cemeteries. I write about whatever comes to mind. There is no plan.
If you’ve just found me, welcome to a work in progress. Feel free to engage, to comment, to add to what I’ve written. Let’s chat.
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My most recent posts
Happy birthday, Boss
Happy birthday, Boss. I miss not being able to pick up the phone and talk to you today. It seems strange. You’d have been 99.
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I have faith. I think it’s a strong faith. But my faith has never really been tested. I may have thought it was, but three
2025 Grateful 52: God time is good time
In God’s house, there are no foreigners, the priest boomed from the altar. I smiled. He’d missed our two, oh-so-white Irish faces in the back
2024 Grateful 1: Api nyu ia
I’m not a great one for affirmations. I recognise their merit, I do. I know that I’m more likely to believe something if I hear