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The things I’ll miss…

February 12, 2018January 25, 2022 Posted in beach, Friends, leaving Tel Aviv, Nahat, Olive Korner2 Comments

I’d ask myself, How did I get here? How did this happen? then remember, and forget again, and carry on like everything was normal, which of course it was.

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Sexy country

Sexy country

December 11, 2017 Posted in Nathan, Sex2 Comments

He was the colour of honey, a few freckles across his shoulders, his pale-pink nipples catching the sunlight.

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A hairdon’t

November 22, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized1 Comment

Finally, I sat in the barber’s chair. “Not too short,” I said. “You want me to cut your eyebrows?” he asked.

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Gone in six seconds

October 23, 2017October 29, 2017 Posted in Friends, gay, leaving Tel Aviv, Nathan, Olive Korner, Rufina, Sex2 Comments

Nathan imagines they’d be caught and, besides, the man may be a serial killer, so suggests the cruising park behind the Hilton instead. Much safer.

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A self-saucing pudding

September 18, 2017May 30, 2019 Posted in Ben, Nathan, Olive Korner, Uncategorized8 Comments

Nathan, whose greatest fear is that he’ll develop a resistance to Botox, returned from Frankfurt with the face of an inexpressive eight year old.

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Keton

September 4, 2017November 14, 2017 Posted in Ben, Food, Friends, Nathan, Saturday, Uncategorized1 Comment

A man at another table pointed at me, his hand trembling, and said, “Itzak Stern sat there.”

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Fat fatty fat fat

June 23, 2017February 4, 2022 Posted in Food, Olive Korner, Uncategorized2 Comments

Elli leaned closer, his face serious, and told me something surprising. At least, I was taken by surprise.

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A year in Tel Aviv

I arrived in Israel from London in November, slightly dazed. The process of getting here had been smooth, maybe too easy. What would I do here? What would I find? Who would I meet? Would I stay?

This blog is my attempt to answer those questions. The posts aren’t in any sort of chronological order.

White Meat, by the way, is what
Israelis call pork.

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