Arts
Postcard from Jersey
This postcard is rather belated as I returned from Jersey in late August and we are now in late September. Many on here know the island better than I do, so I wanted to share [more…]
Postcards
America
Postcard from Los Angeles
I recently had the occasion to make a weekend round trip from my home near Albany, in New York State to Los Angeles. The purpose was to help our 21 year old son move to [more…]
Arts
Postcard From Bellagio
Bellagio is a town on the shore of Lake Como in Italy. It is also, as one of the more percipient of our commenters once pointed out, the most Anglicised town on the lake. Nevertheless, [more…]
Hobbies
Postcard from Fan y Big
When is a mountain no longer a mountain? When it becomes a hill. Sound strange? Read on. A mountain is a large land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of [more…]
Arts
Weekend Postcard from Cumbria, Part Two
The best laid plans of mice and men. We’d sort of decided that, after an early night on Friday, we’d make a mid morning start on Saturday and try the Dovedale trail, possibly taking in [more…]
Arts
Weekend Postcard from Cumbria, Part One
Finally, after six attempts, we managed to complete our long awaited balloon trip on Friday last. Another forty things to do at forty, combined with a special birthday present from the daughters to Mrs C. [more…]
America
Postcard From Canada, No 7
Our daughter hadn’t planned on coming to see us off but just as we were getting ready to leave she turned up. I suppose it was only natural but it didn’t make it any easier, [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Legs Cross Bank
Having written this over 6 months ago I have since realised from the comments I never read that many on GP are still wedded to the Greco-Latin version of history. It is ironic that the [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Taiwan
The Alishan Forest Railway runs from the coastal plain into the heart of Taiwan’s empty highlands. It was built in 1912 by the Japanese for the purpose of transporting timber from the mountains for the [more…]