I feel bad about my teeth
With apologies to Nora Ephron, who felt bad about her neck and wrote an entire book about it, here’s a …
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Bonfire Night: Burning the Guy and a Recipe for Bonfire Toffee
November 5th is Guy Fawkes day in England; the anniversary of the day in 1605 when a band of men, …
US vs UK: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
The autumn, called “the back end” here in England, comes very gently. There is no astounding and heartbreaking blaze of …
US vs UK: cheap and cheerful and other small pleasures
Eavesdrop on a conversation between two English friends or acquaintances, especially those for whom the years are tolling, and you’ll …
“You just paid her money. Good, good.”
This morning I went to Indigo, my favorite student restaurant in the center of town, for decaf cappuchino. Jack (whose …
Keeping what’s important
I once had a not-very-nice neighbor who objected to my stuff in my portion of our shared basement. She particularly …
Surplus to requirements: hitting the ads/adverts
Ever since I signed the contract for our new apartment over two weeks ago, I’ve been devoted to the Gumtree …
Bleak House: 3BR, unfurn.
October 6th: we moved into our own place today. There has been a gap of three weeks between my signing …
Cambridge: Bicycles, bicycles everywhere!
Cambridge is a city of bicycles, or cycles, as they say here. One in five people in Cambridge walks or …
We arrive in Cambridge!
In mid-August, when it seemed as if my older daughter being accepted at a Sixth Form College in Cambridge was …
The Year of Living Englishly 