Thinking back over our travels, I come to realise… “oh, double shoot! I never finished posting that last batch of notes!” Well, if you’ve been holding out… or, for their benefit as a historical document… here is my account of our journey to the former Republic of Texas, and beyond!
Bidding Mexico farewell, we landed in [...]
Lettres
Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.
The archive for “Lettres”
The following lettres were filed in this category:
Post-Apocolyptia and the Magic Kingdom
Posted upon the 12th of March, 2010
Scenic Pluttock & Surrounds (of Pluttock)
Posted upon the 2nd of March, 2010
You have, no doubt, noted my absence. I can offer little apology or explanation for this unforgivable behaviour, barring that it was perfectly reasonable and it’s preposterous of you to cast such as aspersions, I mean really. I have, in fact, been inventing! I have invented three things so far; first, I invented roll-on reoderant. [...]
The Adventure of the Extraordinary Adaptation
Posted upon the 16th of January, 2010
I was quite prepared not to enjoy the new Sherlock Holmes film (directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey, Jr and Jude Law.) The previews seemed to promise thrills, sex appeal and edgy modern costumes – none qualities I really look for in a Holmes story. I certainly wasn’t expecting a faithful treatment of [...]
Parlour Gamer, or, The Blog for the Discerning Pleasure-Seeker
Posted upon the 6th of January, 2010
In past centuries, idle amusements were achieved with recourse to the rich tradition of parlour games; that is, games which could be played indoors, at a whim and with little need for set-up or heavy equipment. Such perennial favourites as Blind Man’s Bluff, Snap-Dragon, Fall-Over and Are These Your Drawers Vicar? are now largely consigned [...]
Beauty is Life on the Birrarung
Posted upon the 24th of December, 2009
The 20th was our semi-anniversary (our sixmonthniversary, as we’ve taken to calling it,) and, while we did amuse ourselves in the evening by reading of gifting traditions (the wiki claims that the 13th anniversary is the barometer anniversary. Barometers? Really?) our celebrations of the day were directed elsewhere. The star of the day was Katie [...]
Whither FrillyShirt?
Posted upon the 10th of December, 2009
What’s he up to, this so-called Chooky-man? Where are our preposterous Victorian witticisms? All fair questions, and I’ll answer them thus: we’re moving house! Relocating, pulling up stumps and moving all our furniture into the pavilion. So, I’m a trifle indisposed of. On the plus side, though, I did pick up a new suite of [...]
Sky piracy is glamorous, but they don’t tell you about the zep-lag
Posted upon the 26th of November, 2009
Hello, my swells! The little string which tethers my mind to my body like a hot-air balloon in the Roaring Forties has finally been reeled in – that is to say, I’ve recovered enough from flying across half the world to rub two sentences together, so here’s the continuing account of our Mexican journeys!
Now, I [...]
America!
Posted upon the 13th of November, 2009
America! America America America America America…
We’re in the United States! Though it’s an odd tradition, that name – if I said “We’re in the Republic!”, would you know that I meant Guatemala, and not the Congo, Sierra Leone, Cyprus or China (Taiwan)? But there’s only one other United States, and we’ve already been there, so [...]