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In which there are a hundred owls and nearly a century of trains
- Post: I'm currently awaiting the delivery of 100 owls from China (and a special snowflake, lol).
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In which there are visited cards, differing international etiquette, and a pigeon as dead as a dodo
- The second batch of postal cards should already be with the Brits, and are winging their way to Oz via drop beAirmail.
- On differing international standards for polite conversation:
• Dear Texans, attempts to convert random Brits on public transport to your religion that begin with an idiosyncratic explanation of The Truth of Creationism (as ( Read more... ) -
In which there is a bunfight at the Oatcake Corral
- Does anyone else want a postcard? I'll probably be visiting one more place in the next couple of weeks that's touristy enough to sell a range of postcards. The previous batch began landing several days ago with the efficient Scandiwegians leading the pack.
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In which there are posts within this post, all of which I've posted either here or over there
- Chocks away on the airmail, old chaps! I checked the postal regulations from all relevant legal jurisdications to make sure none of us would be arrested, honest!!1!! I bet more of you are now glad you didn't sign up for a postcard wishing you'd signed up to receive mail! /!
- More Dartmouth Castle ferry caps.
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In which there are cats, bobcats, ladybirds, and libraries
- Those ladybird cybermats get everywhere. I'm beseiged! The harlequin ladybirds have awoken en masse from their hibernation, by the dozen in my window frames, at the exact moment the weather has turned wet and windy enough to shoo them inwards instead of outwards, boo.
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In which there are Miss Reading, a poctsarcd from a junk shop, and a non-Irish limerick
- Lolarious late night misreading of the [random time period]: "Correlation does NOT equal castration." Needless to add that it didn't actually say that. Subsequently overtaken by my momentary misreading of the Deadpool trailer in which I thought the cartoon he was drawing said "QUICHE" (instead of "OUCHIE"), although in my defence I'd like to ( Read more... ) -
In which there are ads and fads
- Watching two advertising posters for Malvern Water that I saw hung in a cafe toilet in Herefordshire: "Malvern, not quite middle England." ("Black Swan Green", not exactly Malvern, lol).
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In which there are art and life, in sculpture and music
- Watching, art: Crucible 2 sculpture exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral.
Mitochondrial Eve, by Sue Freeborough is evocative of prehistoric European feminine figures, with an additional paintjob that some prehistoric figures probably also had when they were new. It was placed next to the altar in the lady chapel and contrasted meaningfully with ( Read more... )