About snow among people not expecting it
2009-02-09, Newcastle under Lyme, United Kingdom. By: lydian

To tell the truth, not many people seemed terribly surprised about it. When it first snowed last week, a bunch of people had a snowball fight and rolled up a giant snowball. This is exactly the same...

Poundland and Identity Angst
2009-01-31, Newcastle under Lyme, United Kingdom. By: lydian

For the past week, my shelf has been short a few items (this is an observation, not a witty metaphor). Yesterday Katy and I took the bus into Newcastle so that I could buy necessary things. She had ...

In which nothing remarkable happens
2009-01-28, Newcastle under Lyme, United Kingdom. By: lydian

Weather today: fog. I realize that this is not a full report, but it's the most notable thing about the outdoors right now. It is full of fog. Today I learned that the people of this country, w...

...and thence to Keele.
2009-01-25, Newcastle under Lyme, United Kingdom. By: lydian

I guess I could have started this blog a couple of weeks ago, or even a few months ago, as a prepared for the trip. It wasn't all that exciting though, and mostly involved paperwork and packing and s...