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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Rachmaninov. . . . . . . !
We went with the students who had not bought tickets to the big Mumford & Sons and Arcade Fire concert in Hyde Park to the London Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall. We took the Circle Line to Embankment early … Continue reading
The Fairy Tree
Yesterday Chris and Liz Crowe stayed with us on their way back to the US. We walked down Embassy Row and back around Kensington Palace, passing the playground and The Fairy Tree (I guess it’s actually called The Elfin Oak). … Continue reading
Richard III
We saw our first play last night with the entire group of students–Richard III, with Kevin Spacey as the hunchback pretender. As usual, it’s helpful to know the story, the political ramifications of the battle between and union of York … Continue reading
The Beginning of the End
Like the first ant in the kitchen, the first chill in September, the first fight after the wedding, the first drink after rehab, the first solitary cancer cell floating unknown and unknowable in the rich red medium of the bloodstream– … Continue reading
First Play of the London Season: A Review With Footnotes
Not the first play of the actual London season, which I don’t even know when it starts, but first play of our season here in London. And it’s on the seventh day of our residence here, which lets you know … Continue reading
Urban Transportation
We’re still not totally up to speed (that is to say, we’re going just a little faster than I’m comfortable with, and considerably slower than John’s favorite pace), so I only went out once yesterday. John went to a movie … Continue reading
Westminster Abbey
This trip has been off to a much slower start than the walking tour. Good thing, I say. We’ve caught up on our sleep, I’m mostly over my cough, John is learning how not to be the ultimate boss, mom, … Continue reading
A Day With Not Much Happening
Poor John woke up at 2:30am and I slept until 7, a reversal of our usual roles recently. A messed-up Circadian rhythm is a sad and sorry thing. The students straggled in from Chatwick and Heathrow throughout the day. One … Continue reading
Palace Court
We made it with only a few mishaps (because of either Nyquil or jet lag), and have mostly recovered since our arrival yesterday. I left my address book/calendar on the plane when we disembarked in Dallas, and it is likely … Continue reading
June at Home (Pix)
Here is a gallery of photos with family. We have a zillion birthdays May/June, John and I spent our anniversary at the Alta Lodge where he was teaching novel-writing at Writer@Work this year, John’s sisters Janet and Susan came to … Continue reading
Psychedaisy 