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Hungry

Our lad was right. As he headed out of the door for a weekend away, he laughed, “Dad doesn’t eat anything when he’s on his own.” I told him that this time would be different, pointing out that his mum had left me food in the fridge. I won’t starve, I insisted. But he was …

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Coffee

I’ve been feeling very unwell for weeks… nearly permanent nausea, aches, paresthesia, numbness, dizziness, shortness of breath… but funnily enough, I’ve just had a thought… kept awake by a superstrength coffee made for me yesterday afternoon… perhaps that’s all that’s wrong with me. My coffee intake! Maybe I’ll try cutting down.

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Reflections on Qurbani

I have become rather passive of late. The practice of my deen has been confined pretty much to the performance of the five prayers; I don’t think I am in a very good place spiritually and my relationship with my Lord is strained by the sins I willfully pile upon others. All those passions that …

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Eat Food

The Neurocentic’s invaluable guide to life in the big smoke. The question is, can you live without it? Eat food, that’s my advice. When you’ve done your monopoly board trail of London it’s time to get started on your snakes and ladders. The supermarket, that’s a great place to start, because there you discover ultimate …

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