I’ve been in the south of India for just over a week now and this land is in stark contrast to my husband’s home-town of Jaipur, further north in the arid yet vibrant state of Rajasthan. The vast difference really struck me on my previous trip here, nine months ago. Alex, myself and his goldsmith […]
My flight from Dublin came via Abu Dhabi, a frenzied hub of mainly transiting passengers. I had an hour and a half between flights, plenty time. Well that’s what I had thought before I saw the rows of bodies waiting to go through security. The queue was about six lines long, zig-zagging back and forth as I shuffled my way along towards […]
It’s the still black of night and I’m heavy and dull with sleep. The fan is whirring ceaselessly above me, a constant, cooling gust in an otherwise sticky, muggy heat. My husband comes into the room after I’ve drifted off to the formless land of dreams. His rustling for pajamas and the glare of the light bulb poke holes in my […]
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