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Category Archives: Through Space
We Got Tipplers, We Got Boozers
The third of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. On this first sea day, the schedule includes what seems an odd assortment of entertainment: two-hour glass-blowing demonstrations by Corning staff, live music sets by an a cappella group, and … Continue reading
We Got Walkers, We Got Joggers. We Got Cursed Lollygaggers.
The second of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. Good news! It is the morrow, food is still being proffered, and we are making headway on cataloguing our environment, even if we don’t entirely understand it yet. One must … Continue reading
We Got Tanners, We Got Burners
The first of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise, with apologies to Toby Keith. We got winners, we got losers Chain smokers and boozers And we got yuppies, we got bikers We got thirsty hitchhikers And the girls next … Continue reading
Sweet Corn, Green Onions
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. The sandwiches today are tuna with sweet corn. The Lady of the house — literally, she being married to a Lord — is briefing us on today’s options. … Continue reading
What You Don’t Know
What were you following? The words are delivered just a little north of dispassionately, just a tad too intensely to indicate mere enquiry. No, something more is afoot, in more than one sense, as we make our careful way back … Continue reading
If Not Now, When?
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Is that footsteps? I stop moving, thereby quieting the noise from my feet, but my breathing won’t get with the program. I listen as intently as I can … Continue reading
Are Things Getting Blurry in Here?
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Heading out the front door in a blur, I make the mistake of looking in the narrow antique mirror placed there by some decorating maniac. Now, there’s a … Continue reading
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The Full Meal Deal
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Haggis? It’s a clear question, as she hesitantly pokes at a dark puck of mystery something-or-other on her plate, not even entirely sure that it’s meat. Haggis. It’s … Continue reading
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Those Pesky Victorians
Elizabethans? No that won’t work: already taken. Georgians? No, that won’t work, even though some say that Prince Charles will choose to become George VII, if and when: it disregards 60-plus years of intervening history from Bertie to Charlie, and … Continue reading