O hai LJ. Sorry I've been away so long. I've even failed in my stated intention to mirror the things I post up on mhuzzell.wordpress.com. I'll catch up on that at some point soon (though I'll probably back-date them, so I don't know whether that would put them in your feeds or not ( Read more... )

After an overnight drive down from chilly Massachusetts, I am back in North Carolina for a week, and oh my goodness it is lovely. Not just because the weather right now is comparable to a warm summer day in Scotland, but to be back among the trees at what must be their most beautiful time of year. I've written at (possibly excessive) length, in ( Read more... )

I'm going to Copenhagen. I'm in London already, actually, stopped over at a friend's house en route, with another two-day stop planned in Amsterdam ( Read more... )

I'm in London -- or rather, Loughton -- visiting Harry at East 15. He's in classes from 10-4, and for what feels like the first time in my life, I have literally nothing I need to be doing. (Apart from looking at jobs websites, of course, but I check those at least every other day anyway, and new vacancies are not going to disappear within 24 ( Read more... )

It has been a beautiful weekend. I went with some friends to their friend's house, where I met many nice and interesting people. To get there we walked through a narrow strip of old-growth forest beside a river, which was absolutely beautiful. As it always seems to, being so rare for me nowadays, being surrounded by trees made me immeasurably ( Read more... )

Rob has given me a challenge ( Read more... )

I am in Morecambe, visiting Rob. Before I came, and actually the whole time I've been here, he's been talking the place down, saying how awful it is, how boring, how scummy. The first afternoon I was here, we walked along the Promenade by the Bay, and Rob pointed all the once-splendid points of interest: the eroded beaches, the closed-down ( Read more... )