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Oct 14, 20231 min read

Sick and Sicker

I don’t know whether it was all the traveling, but whatever Robin picked up on the ferry and gave to me hasn’t left yet. No, it’s not...

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Oct 8, 20231 min read

Flying through France

Hey Epic Human, When I left off last time, we were beginning to make our way across France to our final pet-/house-sitting destination on...

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Oct 2, 20231 min read

For Better or For Worse

Hey Epic Human, When we approach Venice, my husband gets sick. I’m not joking! Normally he is healthy as a horse, but twice now—just as...

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Sep 26, 20231 min read

Transition Time

Hey Epic Human, What a time I've had! This last month was dedicated to tying up loose ends, squeezing in last-minute sightseeing, packing...

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Sep 16, 20231 min read

Lazarus & Individuation

Hey Epic Human, An American broadcaster named Paul Harvey used to present a regular program titled “Rest of the Story.” Invariably he...

Visiting the Byzantine Museum in Geroskipou, Cyprus

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Aug 31, 20231 min read

Visiting the Byzantine Museum in Geroskipou, Cyprus

Hey Epic Human, It has been a ridiculously long time since I’ve posted. Let’s blame it on technical problems for wont of a better excuse....

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Jun 9, 20231 min read

The Monster Returns to Life

Hey Epic Human, I took a break from writing my travelogues because they were a lot of work! They were taking hours to assemble, and it...

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Jan 15, 202316 min read

Cambridgeshire Cathedral Crawling

Lots of things are happening this week, and changes are rolling over the horizon. The homeowners of the house we’re currently sitting for...

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Jan 7, 20238 min read

Stained Glass and Other Marvels

Zero-to-sixty in no time flat! That’s how it feels coming back from the holiday break. We have been making up for our down-time in a big...

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Dec 31, 20225 min read

New Year and New Challenges

Like most people, the week between Christmas and New Year was fairly quiet and many sites are closed. We feasted on Leon’s Chopped Salad...

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Dec 24, 20225 min read

Quiet Christmas

Leading up to Christmas it was relatively quiet for us. We had a little excitement when Ozzie came into the house after one of his...

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Dec 17, 20229 min read

East Anglia Outings

Well, rat! ← No, I didn’t misspell it. There was only one rat. Ozzie got exceptionally generous with Robin and gifted him one dead rat....

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Dec 10, 202210 min read

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

Once again, I’ll lead with an update on this week’s mouse score: there are no changes since last week, alive or otherwise. Yaayyy! This...

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Dec 3, 20224 min read

Catch-Up not Ketchup

Let's have the mouse score first: we added 3 more LIVE mice to the scoreboard this week and one dead mouse. Robin had the joy of...

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Nov 26, 202214 min read

Oodles of Gratitude

Let’s get the important stuff handled first: I hope my American friends had a lovely Thanksgiving! A meme is going around which states: I...

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Nov 19, 202213 min read

Protection and Peregrination

We said our wistful goodbyes to Terry, the gorgeous, temperamental fashion-model Burmese, bundled the last of our things into the car,...

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Nov 12, 20229 min read

Pre-Raphaelite Madness and Other Things

I’m picking up the tale where I left off last time. To set the scene, we tune in to Kenilworth, where we are taking care of the...

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Nov 5, 202210 min read

Pre-Raphaelites and Other Glories

As I mentioned last week, we departed Newcastle and then spent 9 hours on the road heading south—with a brief deviation to Eyam. If...

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Oct 29, 202216 min read

Gosforth Northumbria Whirlwind (Part 2)

I will pick up our adventure in the area of Newcastle from where we left off last time. If you didn’t read part 1, you can catch up with...

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Oct 23, 202212 min read

Gosforth Northumbria Whirlwind (Part 1)

We said tearful au revoirs to Edie Rue, Mackerel, and Ginger, and promptly zoomed off to Newcastle-on-Tyne, where Robin had arranged a...