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Which Way to Edinburgh?
Taking the train to Edinburgh as part of my new travel resolution sounded like it would be fun. The good news is I read the survival manual first. The bad news is, I didn’t read the map…
The Best Turkey-less Thanksgiving Ever
Thanksgiving has always been a bit of a puzzler for me. You’d think after so many years in America it would have ingratiated itself a...
New Extension, New Website, New Photos, Same Rain
If you could hear the racket outside my window, you’d be very grateful I write a blog and haven’t gone all podcast-y on you. As I write,...
Planes, Trains, and Chocolate Displays
I’m much more familiar with airports than I am train stations. With most of my travel for years involving the crossing of the Atlantic...
An American and a Cockney Walk into a Bank…
If you’ve never switched country of residence, you may not appreciate how complicated and ongoing a saga this is. In a nutshell, you don’t...
Lights, Camera, Relax!
Lights, Camera, Relax! Ah, the glamorous life of an author. It mostly involves years sitting alone in a room with a judgmental empty page,...
I Can’t Help You With That.
I read an article in The Guardian this week entitled “Never Drink Red Wine with Fish: 10 Famous Food Rules You Can Absolutely Ignore” by...
Searching for Self in the Coronation Crowd
Having settled for ‘distant spectator’ to so many British royal occasions, I decided to experience the first coronation in seventy years...