I wish I could read all the books I chose for my dissertation as quickly as I read this one. Rebecca Watson’s ‘little scratch’ is a...

This is it, that's today's post. That and the fact that we're planning a project for the summer. More details to come as we go. And the...

I read this novel while the parents were visiting and I finished it before I even got the chance to write about it. But today I booked a...

Every time I put my youth work shoes on, my levels of happiness skyrocket. I am a happy person by default, but when it comes to youth...

There’s nothing more representative of what I do on a daily basis than my desk. In the pic below, you can see a combination of uni -...

I used to go on a reading spree at the first sign of Spring, but to be honest I’ve been on a reading spree since Spring 2020. Constantly....

2020: Coffee, Sun, and Poe 2021: Inka, Snow, and Redrafting Journal (plus lockdown) Here we are in 2022. It’s nice and sunny outside, I’m...

I finished ‘Ulysses’ this morning and I’m very close to the end of ‘Seventeenth Summer’ too - I’ve been reading Joyce at home and Daly on...

My academic journey has come to the point where I am reading Joyce's 'Ulysses'. And I absolutely love Joyce. 'A Portrait...' is one of my...

Hi theeeeeere!! I hope you remember me - I’m Viva Könyves and that little paw in the snow is mine. Can you see how much snow there is???...

The last few weeks and the next few weeks/months have been and will be a very thick blend of writing - novel and dissertation - and youth...

So far I did a lot of reading and planning, just writing a few bits & pieces, ideas. But the clock is ticking towards the April deadline,...

I was pleasantly surprised when I got out of the house today to realise that it was nice and warm and sunny. It felt like Spring was...

I can’t stop thinking about this good ole’ Beatles song every time I work on my novel. Because I, too, want to be a paperback writer....

… I have meetings and prepare funding bids. After a long week of little to no work (while the parents were here), my mental batteries are...

When I write (fiction) I become a character. I have to listen to the music they would listen to, think the way they think, talk the way...

January is a long month. Too long. It should’ve given a couple of days to February. January was also a long month because it was so...

The parents are going back home today. It has been one long week for everyone: walking, visiting, having fun, eating - ya’ know, family...

We took the Parents to the British Museum today. It's the second time we take them and it's the third time V and I go there, but there...

Today we visited the iron men (¾ replica of the terracotta army). More info here. Traversed the Thames river in a new place, this time...