Thursday, June 14, 2017 After packing suitcases, tidying their London flat and finding and boarding the correct train at Marylebone Station, the family sat down in their assigned seats and let out a collective sigh. Soon they started to move, the carriage rocking gently as the train crawled out of the station. Marylebone Station When AJContinue reading “Human Law, Left Driving, and Churches, Castles and Homes”
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Coronation Spoons, Black Jewels, and Dead People in the Church Basement
Wednesday June 13, 2017 AJ, B and TwoSon were back on the Tube early the next morning, rubbing elbows with soulless-looking, rushed people on their way to work, nary a smile or smirk among them. Because of a fire in Grenfell Tower in Central London, trains were being diverted and the Tube was especially crowded. Continue reading “Coronation Spoons, Black Jewels, and Dead People in the Church Basement”
A Friendly Spider, Miss Quackers Eats Peas, and Pub Dogs
Tuesday, June 12, 2017 First thing Tuesday morning, the family rushed to the Tube at Marylebone Street Station, hopped off at Paddington Station (yes, as in Paddington Bear) picked up their train tickets to Morton-on-Marsh and stood staring at an ever-changing electronic board among dozens of other commuters eager to discover from which platform theirContinue reading “A Friendly Spider, Miss Quackers Eats Peas, and Pub Dogs”
Time Travel and 53 Steps
Sunday, June 10, 2017 AJ flit through the house, picking up wayward items and putting them in their place and stopping periodically to brush cat hair from her jacket and pants. She wiped a counter here, decluttered there. Their flight wasn’t until 4:30pm Chicago Time, which left her ample time to try to leave theContinue reading “Time Travel and 53 Steps”
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