Freeing my terrapins into the Media City pond is a sad end to a long relationship. But hopefully it’s for the best.

Today I set my three terrapins free in the Dubai Media City pond. I had been meaning to do it last night, but I had a moment of realisation that, while I didn’t want to be stopped from liberating them or disturbed when I was saying what was bound to be an emotional goodbye after four years, it would have been unnecessarily bewildering for them for me to set them free in darkness. Read the rest of this entry »