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Other things
During our second week in London we stayed with Thomas most of the time in what is basically my dream apartment. (Very different from a dream house. I also have a dream houseboat, a dream caravan and a dream yurt.) But for one night we stayed in a hotel, fairly pokey except for the included … Continue reading
Seeking Moneypenny
Sometimes I idly daydream about moving somewhere else. Today it’s London — or it was, until I started browsing around the job openings on London’s Craigslist. Holy cow, London is one pervy town. They seemed so polite! Who knew. A few examples from the Administrative Assistant section (which I only went to in desperation after … Continue reading
The pop-up
London was in the midst of a heat wave for the first week or so of our visit. Mind you, that didn’t stop it from dropping the occasional rain on us. Here you see me in my summery dress, protecting myself from this absurd sky-water the English insist on having: … Continue reading
Stew
There are wild foxes roaming the streets of London! We saw three of them and each time I was so excited that I did a little fox-sighting dance. “Do you get this excited when you see raccoons in Alameda?” Thomas asked somewhere after the second dance. “No,” I said. “Raccoons are vermin. Obviously.” “Ah,” he … Continue reading
In a new beer joint, all the waitresses are new.
Kris: What’s the cask ale tonight? Waitress: It’s…a beer? Kris: …Right. But…what kind of beer? Waitress: Um, it’s like a kind of golden beer… Kris: I guess I mean, what style is it? Waitress: Oh, it’s a German style? Kris: … Waitress: …Should I just get you the information card? Kris: That would be great, … Continue reading
Camping at Glacier National Park
Gene and I were sitting at the picnic table at our campsite, playing Dominion and drinking microbrews (are you seeing a theme here?) when we heard a terrific thumping and grumbling coming from the campsite next to ours. The sites at Glacier, at least in this campground, are divided by stands of trees, which is … Continue reading
Camping at North Dickey Lake, Montana
Gene and I are sitting at the picnic table at our campsite playing twenty or thirty rounds of Dominion and drinking microbrews (why? what do YOU do when you camp?) when a minivan pulls up to our site and honks. We turn around. For about half a minute, the driver just sits and stares at … Continue reading
Escapism
We spent the weekend in Portland for the Oregon Brewers Festival, which was held at a park in downtown Portland. Do you know what else is in downtown Portland? That’s right. Powell’s City of Books. Now, I am not saying it’s unreasonable to expect me to stick around a beer tasting festival that I have … Continue reading
Lux
We camped at China Camp State Park this weekend for Lisa’s birthday. How have I never camped there in all my years of camping? We had the best spot, way back in the forest next to a stream, with deer and raccoons wandering through the campsite periodically (and occasionally stealing a muffin, the filthy beggars). … Continue reading
Money tree
I was in Washington, D.C., for a day last week. (In fact, I’ve been zipping all over the east coast for a week, hence my absence from Carthage.) Seeing all the giant stone palaces made me feel more warmly towards the federal government — how bad can they be if they have buildings like that? … Continue reading