saw my little sister grow up. yeah, CHEESE eh. but she's pretty cool. she used to be a very loud, podgy laughy baby with a big head. now she is like a whole Person! She paints absolutely beautiful pictures.

I can teach a bit of russian. I find almost everything interesting, apart from sports, and am fortunate to know a lot of inspiring and fascinating people in Scotland, so life is never boring, thankfully. I want to learn bike mechanics, more about photography, dancing, philosophy, other cultures and literatures.

Conversation, discussion, about anything and everything. Singing, poetry, cooking, going exploring.

languages, Russia, photography, social history, trains, Chekhov (not Dostoyevsky), cooking, aubergines, the sea, flying kites, Auden, utopian fiction, spies, rowing in wooden boats, Ukraine, really good non-fiction writing.