Travels with Jenn

Today I started learning about slums and the other end of living. Not finding fulfilment in the traditional, capitalistic concepts of advancing oneself in life. I am interested in finding out what makes

A very overdue 2nd lockdown and it's only now that I'm managing to look back and piece together some kind of narrative for this strange chapter of my life. I came back, learned

I have lost my why in the pandemic, in a much less dramatic way than many have, and 2020 flown by without my feeling like I have much to show for it. My

When a forum on meaning and purpose of life referenced his reality TV stint, many aspects came back to me. The room that he was put in, the close-up lunacy, the neon cartoonish

It could be the stop-start nature my trip so far has become, or the two months in miserable weather albeit great comfort of the feline and husband variety, but even in a fast-changing

Aya Sofia looks as grand as she always has, the Golden Horn glitters still, and the air smells of rosewater and fried mackerel depending on the wind. The souk vendors are just as

Life is surprising. A second visit home in the depths of winter buffered by the incredible luck of having three seats to myself on a 13 hour flight and the anticipation of furry

You'd have loved that there was a fire your cremation. Jokes about how they didn't shut the doors properly, and you'd giggle :) You'd have cried so much when Adam spoke about that night

I walk into my old neighbours’ beautiful home in the suburbs of Melbourne, dotted with mid-century furniture and instaworthy curated nooks, spend 5 minutes trying to find the trash can (discreetly tucked under

I feel quite negative. I didn’t realise I was such a downer! I only seem to talk about the problems, the injustice, the division in this world. I don’t offer solutions,

All roads pointed to Campeche. Glass from the earrings I buy at the Santa Ana weekend market come from the beaches in Campeche state“Vamos a Campeche” plays at Plaza Santiago during the

You know when you’re so distracted by what you’re doing and who you’re with that where you are takes a backseat? Today I reunited with a childhood friend, and amongst

There’s a saying in Chinese that translates as “to owe someone a debt from a previous life” when someone unconditionally treat you so well that this can be the only explanation. This

Today we get stuck in traffic on our way to watch Billy Elliot at the Stratford Festival, three and a half hours allowed for time to play through videos of my niece’s

It’ll be a year before I spend another evening in Manchester. As last suppers go, this one was pretty great. This new neighbourhood kitchen has a category in its wine list called

This started when I got told that the details don't matter, that I'm spending too much time on them, and that most people just want something put together, even if it's not perfectly

I've spent quite a lot of my travels just sightseeing. Just travelling for the heck of it. A lot of my earliest destination choices were firmly on the beaten track. How can you