Teen angst meets F. Chopin (1)
2/18/10 •
At 16 years old I was insufferable. (In reality, I was a creative, insecure, overachieving and culturally parched teenager. I was opinionated, self-centred, self-conscious, flamboyant and possessed of an unflappable belief in my own heart-stopping ‘originality’.) Actually, ‘insufferable’ probably is pretty accurate.
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2/10/10 •
Think of the summer days of your childhood – what memories come flooding back?
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1/17/10 •
So, after many months, false starts and hopeful developments, forward movement is imminent! This is the direction in which we’ve been moving, the opportunity for which I’ve been searching; so why am I feeling apprehensive?
Sticky Gratitude (1)
12/30/09 •
This year Christmas morning dawned warm and clear, as I was ushered out of sleep by the pounding bass line of a choice compilation of 1990’s electronica. A quick call to my parents and about an hour later, the Christmas morning present extravaganza of the Mead/Larcombe house had begun.
The Perfect Onion (2)
12/15/09 •
We decorated our Christmas tree yesterday. Let me clarify: we decorated my parents’ Christmas tree yesterday. Cut to last year and Christmas day in Barcelona: sun, sand, jamón serrano, and Anna de Codorníu cava on the beach…we’re not particularly traditional when it comes to major holidays…
