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Monthly Archives: July 2008

stand up and be counted

I am lunching on a slab of chocolate. A slab! Morevor one containing strawberries and cookies and meringue. I’m not sure that can be topped.
For most of my life (thanks to starting and finishing school earlier than my peers) I have been the youngest, feeling one step behind everyone, out of sync as though I [...]

Ways in which I fail at Britishness

There are many aspects of Britishness and Englishness and Life On The Isle which I love and embrace with all my heart. But the British sea is not one of them.*
Both Z and I spent a hefty part of our formative years on the Adriatic and Meditteranean coastline, which is why both of us view [...]