A-Choo!

Apologies for missing yesterday’s post. It’s because of the various bugs that the wee one’s been bringing home since her school reopened after the Christmas holidays. Last week we had to keep her home every day but Monday, so that threw a spanner in the works: I...

About the Recent Fire

Many of you have contacted me to ask about the recent fires. As you may have heard, we had two big forest fires raging not 30-40 minutes from our house. One from the North (Kalamos) and one from the East (Mati-Rafina). Different ones, too. I spent most of that evening...

Meli: An Obituary

Readers of both this blog and my books will be familiar with our dog of 13 years and beloved family member, Meli. Sadly, Meli has now passed away. On Wednesday we woke up at 2.30 in the morning by what we thought was the wee one whinging. As she is at an age when she...

A Boy, a Girl and a Baby Cthulhu

Visitors of this blog may remember that today is our anniversary. We went on our first date on October 3rd, 1992, and she’s been suffering life with me ever since. This year we have something special to celebrate. For once, our latest project doesn’t...

Memories are Made of This

I remember it as if it were yesterday. I had just broken up with my girlfriend of almost three years, and was spending the weekend with a cousin of mine. A strange thing about his family; they’re big cat lovers. I mean, real fans. The day before, one of his...