Like nomads, but with more stuff

One of the days we were in England we went into Hexham and it turns out a spring fete was going on.  There was live music in a park, and ...

The peacocks like biscuits ("cookie" to you Yanks ... well, um ... us Yanks)  It must be mating season because the two males wi...

When we went to England, we were desperate to find a book long enough to keep Alex's attention for more than an hour because we didn...

My dad knows a guy ... he's got some sheep. Well, he had about 700, then they all bear twins so now it's more like 1200 or someth...

You just can't spend time in northern England without checking out Hadrian's Wall. And it turns out one of the better sites is o...

Summer 2017

A long, long time ago Terry met a guy who introduced him to the Scotch of Ben Nevis distillery .  This stuff is rarely found outside Scotla...

The New Diplomat's Wife is hosting a pro/con list of everyone's posts here . I figured I'd jump in. Highlights 1. Winter act...

Last week we received a letter from the IRS and a $1.00 check. Yes the decimal is in the right place, we got a check for $1.00.  Today we g...

Kazakhstan had a presidential election Sunday April 26. I was one of the embassy folks who participated as an election observer. I'm no...