Return

I’ve been coming back and forth from this journal over the years since I left London to chronicle my thoughts and memories through uncertain travels. It’s now seven years since I left and about five years in Boston. The isolation during the 2020 pandemic lock-down was harsh and drove me to many dark nights.

Much has changed since. As of September 2021, I moved to Boston proper where I’ve lived in basement of a beautiful house on Academy Hill Rd. in Brighton. I’ve entered my third year at a prestigious music college and performance arts conservatory focusing on African expression and above all I’ve been in a committed loving relationship for over a year.

The inspiration to return to my journal back nearly a year ago, last Christmas when my partner and I watched BBC’s heartwarming documentary on The Hermit of Treig. He took copious of photographs his whole life along with meticulous diaries and ledger books. All of which he relied on for his reflections. His life story preserved.

I aim to do the same with my journal.