There was a surprisingly nice bout of warm weather about three weeks ago, and of course that meant I would try to take full advantage of it by being outside as much as possible. Monday saw us at Otterspool, at our usual meetup with our friends. Typically, I'm so worn out after that that all I want to do is veg for the next three days, but spurred ( Read more... )

As a birthday present for all of us (well, namely Raspberry, Lucas and I), we took a trip to London this past Sunday for five days. Out of the four of us, I'm the only one who has been before, in 1984, 1994, and 2004. Yes, in keeping with the pattern, it would've been great if I could've made it last year but for some reason, we just didn't (the ( Read more... )

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One last post about our last day in Nottingham last week.


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We're not Christmas people, which is to say that we don't celebrate Christmas. The past two years, my Christmases have been spent walking the deserted streets of Liverpool until I either get lost (my first year) or I can't feel my toes (last year). So this year, when Aurelie invited us to spend Christmas with her in Nottingham, it didn't take a ( Read more... )

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