Then, after many months of confinement, the world started to slowly move once again. At first reticently, fear reigned. We found it hard to remember what life had been like before. Had we really taken that holiday at the beginning […]
You’re not going to like this suggestion, but I’m going to say it anyway. Try switching off your mobile and disconnecting your computer for 24 hours. “Impossible!” I hear you say, but I assure you that it is possible and […]
Confinement provokes very different feelings depending on the circumstances. Deprived of freedom and basic provisions causes people to react in surprisingly diverse, and not always positive, ways. In our lifetime lots of us may have already experienced some kind of […]
One of the jobs I had written on my long list of things to do during the lockdown was to sort through my bookshelves and try to put my books in some kind of alphabetical order. Nearly a month later […]
Fourteen-year-old Amaia Bacaicoa Jones from San Sebastian has been keeping occupied during the lockdown by taking photos.
I’ve just received a lovely message from my niece in the UK wishing me a Happy Easter, and we reminded each other of how we had been together this time last year. In the current situation, I would have probably […]
It’s been two weeks since I’ve been out on the street. It really has. Hard to believe isn’t it? Hunkering down at home has become the norm for me. After incredulity and a kind of grieving process for normality, acceptance […]
Many, many years ago, before you were born, in the year 2020 the world stood still. Very still, for months on end. You see, there was a virus, a terrible virus, it started in China and then spread throughout the […]
One bright summer morning I decide to take my bike and venture down towards the beach. At first I start off slowly, my legs feeling heavy, but soon I pick up speed as I spin down the hill, the wind […]
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