Monthly Archives: September 2011

The sun, it burns

Posted on September 30, 2011 by sam

Much of England is in the midst of an unprecedented string of cloudless days. Surely the end times have come, in the form of this fiery ball taunting us with benevolent weather before expanding and obliterating all we know and … Continue reading →

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Desolation Row

Posted on September 29, 2011 by sam

Yesterday we visited London’s far east side north of the Thames, a landscape permanently under construction, or perhaps deconstruction. Light rail rocked us side to side as it gave us an overview of former dockyards now occupied by gleaming apartment … Continue reading →

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Magimix

Posted on September 27, 2011 by sam

Mrs & Mr for 20 years today. Here’s the rock which keeps her band of gold company: It came from 47th Street in Manhattan, which is a regular diamond mine. We chose it about five years after we chose each … Continue reading →

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Crunchtime

Posted on September 23, 2011 by sam

In the States it’s fall, here it’s autumn. Too literal for you GB? Wonder what it’s called in the rest of the world, the googling of which might ruin a perfectly good post. Perhaps there’s a list like this one … Continue reading →

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