I’m glad to be home again after two weeks awayScotland 🏴 is truly a beautiful country with so much to offer and inspire you with, but I am glad to be home in Tuscany.
Yes, I am numb and emotional 😭The last couple of days that I was at my mother’s house I was in effect ignored and sidelined and it felt like a rejection again after all the stress and upset of her desertion when I was eight years old. I was more or less packed up anyway and so I... See More »
Going homeI am on my way to Prestwick airport. I hope I get there in time, the A82 is slow. There's no sense in remaining at my mother's as she isn't really treating me like she should her daughter, it is like she is deserting me all over again but we are... See More »
Talking about CERNThe European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (French pronunciation: Conseil européen pour la Recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established i... See More »
What would you say is 'nerdy'?I am studying towards a doctorate in mathematics, not the usual 'female' pursuit in life I know.
I'm an only child raised by my father, I'd like to be a mother, but I'm not sure I'd like a big family. Anyone else have this dynamic?
Missing homeThe north of Tuscany is the most dramatic of her landscapes. The Apuan Alps and Garfagnana mountains dominate, with great river valleys and huge densely forested swatches. Here the villages cling to the sides of rocky inclines, often their steep... See More »
My paternal grandparents have provided me an inheritanceThey have not gone, they are still very much alive and well, and I enjoy seeing them whenever my schedule as a postgraduate student allows me. They live in the same village as us (Papa and me) so I can literally cross the piazza and knock on their... See More »
What would you like to put on your pizza?🍕Sweet and sour chicken? Chilli con carne? Eggs and bacon, sausage and black pudding? Ice cream as a topping? How despicable can you make your pizza? Spaghetti bolognaise pizza? 🍕
Could you imagine being unhappy for 20 years?A friend here has just told me they have been unhappy that long, for the sake of family, do you think that martyrdom to family? I think it shows a lot of the honourable nature of this person!
Do you like dogs 🐕 or cats 🐈⬛?We are dog people, Papa has several hunting dogs 🐕 and Mama has several toy dogs 🐶
Did you know that Tuscans are bean people?Yes, we eat pizza and pasta, but we are more likely to enjoy a bowl of beans 🫘 than anything else. I’m not talking about Heinz baked beans but red or white kidney beans, chick peas, borlotti beans, or a spicy bean salad! 🥗
Has anyone ever told you that you are lazy?That you should motivate yourself to do more and to actually do something productive for yourself?
Emergency phone call made!I phoned my Papa last night because things are not going as well as I had hoped staying here with Mama. She seems cold in so many ways, yes she has made a life for herself since deserting Papa and me, but she doesn’t seem to be willing to show any... See More »
Undecided if I shall be able to remain here in Argyll another month!Mama is difficult to break into, she knows I want to know why she left (when I was eight) but despite the visits I have been making to see her since I was seventeen she hasn't broached the subject. She seems distant, and I am beginning to wonder if... See More »
Thunderstorms at home in Tuscany!European weather is crazy at the moment, in Firenze it is 26 degrees Celsius, ten degrees warmer than here but it’s stormy!
Cloudy skies in Scotland 🏴 and at home in TuscanyIt is a differing temperature in both places but it is far more gloomy here. I am arranging to go out with my cousins today as Mama has something to do out of the house. Not sure what we will do yet!
I have noticed under the three horizontal lines right of my photo there are options, and SW coins. What do you use them for?
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