wilful understanding
Reblogged from lahikmajoe: My brother and his wife had a daughter, and she was easy. Slept through the night. Did what she was told. Thrived on order. If it was […]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
the worst name he could think of
Part of the pleasure of visiting family, if you can wade through the rage and resentment that tends to ensue, are the stories you hear (to be fair, there hasn’t […]
ginger and cheese
There’s a blogpost about products in the shape of Texas that’s coming up. I assume I’ll keep seeing things I want to include as long as I’m here, so I’ll […]
Believing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
What I’m going to talk about, probably many or most of you have no idea. Well, you might know about it. But it’s very likely not the obsession for you […]
always fifty-five
To me she’ll always be fifty-five. Isn’t that odd? When I was a certain age, my Nana was fifty-five. And no matter how much older she got, she was somehow […]
Happy Birthday Franz Josef Strauß
Happy Birthday to the aeroport…not the dude. The Bavarian politician, Franz Josef Strauß, has been dead for more than two decades. An article by Michael Owens about the celebration (Munich airport […]
the Eisheilge and other curiosities
Couldn’t find anything in English about the Eisheilige, so at least until the bots find this corner of the web, this’ll be the lone English explanation. Not sure I like […]
Eurovision is like a really bad dream…that I slept through
Despite the fact that I know it’s ridiculous, I normally watch Eurovision annually. I seriously considered boycotting it this year because of some things I read about human rights abuses […]
looking down on the Mediterranean
If you’ve been here a while, you know I like climbing. This blog didn’t exist last year during hiking season but if it had, there would’ve been many posts of […]
tapas and a breath of fresh air
Had seen everything I was going to see on this trip to Seville and it was time for a break. Having been advised that this place was particularly good, I […]
