What's so good about "early," anyway? hali December 30, 2013"Early." It's one of those words like "new" and "fast," isn't it? As though they are inherently good, ... Continue Reading
What Christmas in Florida Looks Like hali December 27, 2013I lived in Chicagoland for 41 years. There was no mistaking winter in Illinois. Everyone knew when Christmas was near because the bitter col... Continue Reading
It's a cool Yule hali December 24, 2013Long time readers of this blog will know how I've always been quite anti-Christmas, but for the first time since my childhood I've a... Continue Reading
House of fun hali December 20, 2013Last Friday we finally went to Junibacken ; last time we were in Stockholm Oomoo was too young, but this time it was perfect. As a fan of Pi... Continue Reading
A Stockholm weekend hali December 18, 2013It's been two and a half years since we were last in Stockholm, and I found it unacceptable that come next summer it would be three. So ... Continue Reading
Back in Oxford hali December 11, 2013Following on from the previous post; we took my friends to Oxford and went to the Pitt Rivers museum , which is soooooo good, and wandered ... Continue Reading
Visitors hali December 09, 2013Two of my favourite people came over to visit us from the States at the end of October (yes, I'm a bit behind with my posts), and we tot... Continue Reading
A tribute hali December 02, 2013I took this picture with my iPhone last Tuesday and posted it on Instagram, where I later found out that Saul Leiter had passed away the sa... Continue Reading
Dear Santa, Here's my Wish List hali December 01, 2013Dear Santa, As I sit curled up on my couch in my silent living room admiring the little colored lights twinkling on my beautifully decorated... Continue Reading