Tennis as Spectacle
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…
I Get High
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. …
That Was Then
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…
My Kind of Town
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…
Transamerica
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). …
Some Like it Hot
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,…
A Place in the Sun
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…
Sideways
Point Arena porch; say goodbye to Mendocino Sunday, August 21, 2011: Today we left Mendocino and turned east towards the heart of Sonoma, a sort of sharp left turn. We had three options to accomplish this: Backtrack north to connect…
Easy Living
Saturday, August 20, 2011: Wake up, eat, walk, eat, walk, eat, watch a movie. Some life. The “poor man’s sentinel” gave us an important warning first thing though: Donkeys in the adjacent field had wandered over the hill and were…
On the Beach
Irish on Irish Beach Friday, August 19, 2011: We are staying in a community, if you could call it that, called Irish Beach (which is essentially about three dozen homes with nary a service for miles). There is access to…