August, 2017: the sun is shining on the edge of North America, but the foghorn still cries its warning to the clouded sea. Two paired blasts per 60 seconds; a signature to identify location by sound. In the dark, you need to know which horn you’ve heard. This is Cape Race lighthouse, which holds oneContinue reading “Mercury in the Bath”
Tag Archives: England
A Minute in London
I landed in London yesterday morning after a direct flight from Seattle, and despite my best intentions to set myself to the new timezone right away, slept away a good portion of that first day by mistake. Oops. On the way in, though, I watched a beautiful misty sunrise on the train from Gatwick toContinue reading “A Minute in London”
Grocery notes from the UK
Just a few quick things about groceries… 1) People in the UK are really into tomatoes. I don’t mind — I like tomatoes too — but I don’t require a boiled tomato for breakfast every morning, or tomato sauce (Ketchup) on everything. My favorite evidence of this near-obsession was when I was exploring the largeContinue reading “Grocery notes from the UK”
London, continued
My bus from the airport (a story in itself, see below) dropped me off at 221b Baker Street. For real. Well, not EXACTLY, because there is no 221b, but right directly in front of where it would be. So my arrival into the city of London was to be dropped off at 1am, a womanContinue reading “London, continued”
Hiya, London!
Yay! I’m in England! The gentleman at passport control was a little confused by me (I seem to get that a lot at border crossings…). 11pm: “How long will you be in the UK?” “Umm, a day. Sort of. But then I’m coming back.” “What?” “Well, tomorrow I’m going to Paris but then I’ll beContinue reading “Hiya, London!”
Shastified, Continued 