A Celebration of Mundanity

Once upon a time, or sometime in 1998, whichever comes first, deep in the wilds of Zelienople just north of Pittsburgh, our brave heroine encountered the rare diminutive water fountain lion, a…

Right now, as I write this, the second book that I've been working on is uploading to the Blurb site.  It's half way there.  It's taking its time, the final page count is 304, there are over 700…

I'm looking forward to a book I recently ordered, it should be here on Monday.  It's "Store Room No.1: The Secret History of the Natural History Museum" by Richard Fortey.  It's primarily a…

I know I have mentioned the joys of Waitrose and its home grocery delivery service. What I didn't mention is that on one of our deliveries, I received a couple of additional items accidentally.…

We went into London, to Covent Garden, to meet up with a number of other ex-pats for brunch at the "American Grill" The place was picked since it was one of the few places serving genuine buttermilk…

Cookham Loop Map We'll take England winter weather over Pittsburgh any day. It was sunny and pleasant today, they can keep their snow showers, grey barren trees. Even in the middle of winter,…

We bought a negative scanner while we were home and also brought along a pile of our old negatives. Check out these two kids from 1998! Our Flickr feed will be full of gems in the coming months :)

The weeks home were, strange. Yes, it was wonderful to see our families and friends. Greenbean fell into all her usual habits and behaviors, sleeping on my pillow at night, although she does beg more…

We got an IM from the Baggage Express folks around 2:00 saying our luggage arrived in England.  I called and confirmed using the automated service.  I've been checking online to track our…

Let's recap. So, when we flew in this past December 16th, you may remember that it was the fourth time we've ended up driving from D.C. to Pgh due to our connecting flight having problems. Strike one…