Foro and I are on the road today. We're on the train to where I work, for: lunch with a colleague, a meeting with the director, and the annual end of school year meeting. Then Foro and I'll go to my partner's place. I think this is the most enjoyable part of the sabbatical (or... Continue Reading →
A Meeting of Like Minds
This post is dedicated to Twenty. Foro came about independently (when my partner wrote "Foro" instead of "foto" in German, and I wondered if it was a female toro? Which Foro sort of is....not an anatomically correct cow in any way!) However if you play around with numbers, Twenty and "4-O" or "Forty", there is... Continue Reading →
I Survived the 405
I'm visiting my family in the States. The first stop is the LA area where my friends live, but I've also got family further south in Orange County. Driving down to see them was insane. The highway has eight lanes, just going south, so it's a sixteen lane highway, and people pass left, right and... Continue Reading →
The Mars Rover
I went on a hike last week in the Alps. I think going up there in the summer is going to be about as sad as reading the news soon; the area has been so ravaged by climate change. There are heavy scars where glaciers used to be, and dry, crispy grass where there used... Continue Reading →