I’ll probably be doing a belated entry on this topic, as I’m still marshalling my thoughts (attempting to pummel them into some cogency actually) on the deceptively simple topic – why exactly am I pro-choice? Anna put up a top… Read More ›
Month: January 2007
Totally missing the comet so far
There was no news coverage about this comet in Norway, France or England/Wales, so we didn’t know that the night of our return was the night of the brightest showing of the brightest comet for decades (who else remembers the… Read More ›
My contribution to the world while travelling
Every time I used a shared access computer in a hotel, I opened a certain program and deactivated a certain “helpful” feature (if the user configuration allowed me to). This webcomic covers the issue nicely. Thanks to Paul and Clive… Read More ›
Back, jetlagged
Arrived 6:25 yesterday (Monday) am from Heathrow after spending a few days in the old haunts around Wales (one afternoon with our neighbours and I had the lilt back again). Slept midmorning 1:30pm, out for lunch at the beach with… Read More ›
Leaving Norway
Today is our last full day in the snowy North, as our plane leaves Oslo early tomorrow morning. We’d hoped to get back to Oslo yesterday, but our road was over high passes through the skifields from the FlÃ¥m railway,… Read More ›
Borrowing the reception’s computer
Here in Telemark we had fireworks and snow. It’s a bright sunny day bouncing off the fresh fall, and every now and then a clump of snow falls off a branch. It’s quiet, bright and glorious. Happy New Year, all.
Hoyden About Town 