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Perusing Stolen Goods

Laura commented on my previous post, noting her appreciation for the photograph above and, lo, I was motivated to write again of Europe. She mentioned the toothless nature of the sculpture, while I found its lack of eyes even more stirring (and appropriate to my recent discussion of Blindness). The British museum website has a [...]

Dinner with Gwyneth

There is a young woman who is living the dream. And that young woman is Gwyneth Stokes. She worked in Zug, Switzerland last summer, riding horses and nannying for a lovely Swiss family out in the countryside. She ran around in the mountains, admiring the beautiful lake, and her social activity eventually initiated a connection [...]

Tea in Kensington, Mud in Wimbledon

My intent is to accelerate the process of documenting my trip to Europe by providing vignettes accompanied by photographs. Here is my first attempt.
I stayed in London with a Hook teammate from Paganello 2007. My gracious host was Alexander Dunnett, more commonly known as Stylish. This peerless fellow studies Energy Systems Engineering at Imperial [...]

Adventures in Air Travel

I return, at last, to a recounting of my recent trip to Europe. I will begin at the beginning (and what was very nearly the premature end).
I had had a busy and stressful week at work and left late on Wednesday evening (March 12th), providing little time to eat at home and change and pack [...]

Dachshunds Opening the Gates

I have been long absent from posting on my blog. While traveling London and Italy, I was enjoying the trip far too much to concern myself with the blog, especially without consistent internet access. Following my return to Seattle, I was ill with Italian Death Virus and then substantially occupied with work.

But, with the goal [...]

London is Lovely!

I’m having a great time and I have nothing else to say for now. Off to wander the city…

March Is Nearly Gone

But, Drew, you say, today is only March 7th!
I leave in two hours to fly to San Francisco, along with RV and a few other Seattle Ultimate ladies, to hang out with Whit and Claire and play a beach hat tournament.
On Thursday, March 13th, I fly to London. I’ll be playing a grass tournament that [...]