A Celebration of Mundanity

I realize I haven't been posting about some of the mini-adventures we've been having. Mostly, this involves a sunny day and wanting to go for a drive, generally to somewhere we can take a walk in the…

Today we traveled to Stratford-upon-Avon for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet. It seems appropriate that if one were to go see just one RSC show, you would pick Hamlet, you would…

We are home from Turkey after a glorious vacation involving lounging on the beach on the coast of the Aegean Sea. We were near Assos and the Greek island of Lesbos dominated the skyline of our view…

I realized, the last time that either Mark or I experienced lots of sunshine and hot summer like temperatures was on our trip to Turkey last September. Well, it's a good thing we're vacationing in…

Above is an homage to "What Do I Know's" Friday Cow Blogging (a brilliant idea, btw, and who recently featured cows in Bourne End where we live). But it is also one of the first shots using our new…

He found and bought us tickets (via Ebay) for the sold out show, the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet in Stratford, featuring David Tennant in the title role (and Patrick Stewart as…

When I went to search for my recipe in my blog, like I usually do for recipes that are particularly good that I know I must have shared them, I could not find the crepes. How could I not have posted…

In our effort to have more but smaller adventures around England I suggested Tring. I had been wanting to go to the museum at Tring for quite some time now.  Once the private museum of the…

On Friday I get a cryptic text message from Mark, "I have a present for you! Here's a hint, it's 12" x 18" x 84" and about 100 lbs." I had absolutely no idea what it could be. It was a gorgeous day,…

I feel as if I'm in a the setting of some science fiction story. On the train in and in the streets, every one is walking around with these identical white ear pieces. As if it's a part of some…