Remembrance Sunday
Gorgeous final day. Clear blue sky, sun out in full. I had the intention to walk from Holland Park to Kensington Gardens, the Serpentine Gallery, then through Hyde, Green and St. James Park, and then take in the original…
Gorgeous final day. Clear blue sky, sun out in full. I had the intention to walk from Holland Park to Kensington Gardens, the Serpentine Gallery, then through Hyde, Green and St. James Park, and then take in the original…
Up late. Was it any wonder? Another cool windy day. It had rained but was dry A.M. Didn’t hear from my friend Jean Paul so decided to see about tickets for the theatre. The two shows I was pining…
[The title is stolen from a wonderfully acerbic YouTube site. Pregnancy: It get’s betterish. Karaoke: It gets betterish. Drag Queen: It gets betterish.] Friday another day of sunny breaks, cloudy periods, London overcast and chilly, but never wet. James…
Thursday AM I made the trek to Cricklewood to see Diana, Simon’s mum. She is still her old self in many ways, but in other ways lost in a bit of a fog. I also saw a young…
Although it’s spelled haight (the t is silent, the Welsh is hwcyntha). And someone said fashion was dead… Wednesday. The best part of the morning was that no one knew who won the election. Oh, and it was sunny. …
Patsy and Edina go Shopping Given that I was going to be out of the country a whole week, Nan took it upon herself to make sure no one went hungry. She roasted a turkey, and served it with…
Easter in Chicago. Checked into the Fairmont Airport. Last time we lucked out with a north facing suite, view of the mountains, bathroom bigger than Michael Fassbender’s business if you know what I mean, shutters you could swing back from…
Wednesday, August 24, 2011: 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles… We were up early (six) and packed and out by seven. Some high cloud but very warm. Drove SS to the Charles Schulz airport (aka Sonoma County Airport). …
Lake Benoist, Riverfront Regional Park, Russian River Valley, west NE towards the Alexander Valley Tuesday, August 23, 2011: A mild 70 or so on rising, crystal clear sky, quiet. Checked in on the world (Libya, dollar OK, earthquake,…
Monday, August 22, 2011: Woke up to 59 degrees, cloudy, mist like rain in the air; Mendocino had followed us east! SS went across the street for coffee to a bakery connected with the DuChamp, the hotel for swells…