BACK FROM SOMEWHERE

a good day to ya, my little fireseedlings
and cheers for bearing with me
holding out for your sweet fireseed boy
during such a long empty silence!
was sincerely hoping to blog to ya whilst in ingerland
but the folks' local publick library in brum
was without an internet connection
which didnae allow me to go make a cuppa tea
in between each click
so even ya meek 'n' mild fireseed boy lost patience...

so how can i give y'all a snapshot
of the lass phew weeks?
well, first and foremost
twas grand to ketchup with a lot of luvly people
scattered across the sceptered isle
(crossing swords with virgin train buffet staff once again in the process):
the old folkies at home, o' course
(nanny 'barbiya', granddad, uncle johnny, aunty jean)
sabine, duncs and little ivy in norridge
canny lad colin - over veggy pub food mountain / real ale heaven in york
steve and minny in manchester
(cheers for the musical inspiration - i'm ever the musical expeditionist!)
dave, eunjin, jade and erin in stamford
eddie, tomako, tyler & ricky
alas, janice, me old aussie mate, twas not to be this time...
ingerland was:
overwhelmingly bushy and verdant
after the concrete fields of seoul
- green and pleasant even...
cool and wet
(in a nice kind of way)...
good for stocking up the threadbare wardrobe
(zara have some nice kit!)...
pricey - 30p to make a fonecall, £1.20 to jump onto a filthy brummy bus into town, 27 squid for a train-ride to manchester (but then what d'ya expect?)
twas luvly to be able to understand
what people were saying to ya
and talking about
(i miss eavesdropping!)
people are intresting - even when they're boring
like the walsall / forest footy fans on the train through lestersheer
30 mins of discussion about respective teams' first division fixture lists
- from memory:
'Who've ya got new years day?'
'Away at scunthorpe. You?'
'Home to darlington.'
etcetera, etcetera...

back in korea
jetlag with a vengeance
a lost suitcase
with all me clothes and camera in it
which turned up after three days
phew!
moved across the road
from mangwon il-dong
to mangwon i-dong
a snug little villa on the fourth floor
with a sexy roof garden
nailed our seahorse sculpture to the wall
to greet visitors with a wave (ha! ha!)
back to the steel and glass birdcage
back off the streets
back from somewhere
the journey continues...

bfn and see y'all soon, my seedlings
love f
x