A bird flew into the house today just as we were about to leave for Leeward. It flew through the front door, through the tv room, and into the living room, where it then tried to fly out through the fancy blocks, which let in light and some breeze and
Today, I stopped at a gas station to buy gas(oline). As you can see from the picture above, we sell gas by the imperial gallon. According to Wikipedia, we're one of a handful of territories that still use this, and all of the others are also in
Once upon a time, there was a gang of thieves. Though, I should say, it's not quite right to call them a gang, because they fought each other very often and helped each other only scarcely. And they weren't just thieves. They were also businessmen, farmers,
There was once a rich man, once the richest in all the lands, and he had many children. Some of the children he had with his wife. These trueborn children were his favourites. They most closely resembled him in appearance, and he ensured – through their nutrition and education as children,
I've been in St Vincent for just under two days, and in that time I've seen, without planning to, while driving or while walking or shopping: * Several school friends * One of my younger brother's former teachers * A primary school classmate of my older brother
There's an idea in Christian theology that there are no real atheists. Everybody has her god or gods, those things that she worships, those for which she lives. Yours might not be the God who became a baby in Bethlehem, but so long as you live, and especially
Yesterday, in news that shocked the tennis world, Carlos Alcaraz split from his long-time coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero (Juanki). The way I found out was very annoying. I was flying from England to St Vincent via Barbados, and I was somewhere over the Atlantic. I had paid for WiFi and
I began this writing challenge in Google Docs, and then I decided to move to Ghost. I had experimented with it before – about 8 years ago – and some Googling said it was still a good solution, so I went for it. From my recollection of my last experiment, I had
I bought a new Windows laptop recently, a Lenovo X9-15 G1. I love it so far. Recently, I had trouble copying files from my old PC – a Razer Blade 15 also running Windows 11 – despite following all the instructions I could find. The main instructions were roughly: 1. In Advanced
There are some small things that I hold on to from home even though they differ here in England. One of those is which day I treat as the first day of the week. I remember my confusion at this being different in most of Europe. I discovered it around
Yesterday evening I went to a live performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank. It was great. Going to a performance of Handel’s Messiah has become something I often do for Advent (i.e. the leadup to Christmas Day, and also what many
I don't like winter. I wouldn't say I hate it – I try, and generally manage, not to let things like this get to me like that – but I definitely don't like it. It's cold, often very cold, and dark. In London it&