It’s been a somewhat disheartening week in Surfugal. Five months out of the sea has left me very unfit – not so much physically (as the building site fun keeps my body parts vaguely functional) but more spiritually flaccid. When you are surfing you need to be bright and alert as large volumes of water [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Don’t wait up…
March 15, 2009 – 10:38 am
I didn’t surf yet this morning. Got to go now – 6 foot, offshore and clean…
Bilinguallityness
March 6, 2009 – 6:27 pm
Language is a tricky thing. The subtle nuances of a native tongue can take more than a lifetime to master and the challenge of mastering a second or even third can be almost insurmountable. Some people have a natural flair for it – they can hear a word and it is immediately available for use [...]
Too old to skate?
March 1, 2009 – 4:32 pm
The majority of people cruising into middle-age might mark the transition with an instigation of a pension plan or buying some nice brown slacks. I realised today that I may be in the midst of some form of denial period of my life and although my cranial follicle count is dwindling on a daily basis [...]