Archive for August, 2008
Love, life and pain
Being cold and wet makes me want to shroud myself in a duvet. Once I have dried off and warmed up, I want to stay in bed for ever. The problem is that, at that point, I start to think and thinking can be dangerous, painful or both.
Why, I wonder, is life not simple? Why [...]
Angels in their ancient places and Jacob’s ladder
I’m sitting in Cancun now and reflecting on the past week. If I had not already known it, I could not have failed to to realise that HIV affects us all. Young and old, male and female, gay and straight, drug user and puritan, black and white: we are all affected whether or not we [...]
Bienvenido a México!
So here I am in Mexico City for the World AIDS Conference. This conference has over 23,000 participants and this is the second time I have attended the event. It is awe-inspiring, confusing, challenging and really gives you a sense of perspective.
At the 2006 conference in Toronto, it was really disappointing to discover how the [...]
