Like nomads, but with more stuff

Waaay back, in 2017 (barely), Terry and the kids came to Germany for holiday. They spent almost a week in Frankfurt, getting over jet lag, ...

I have written about paying $10 for a small bunch of asparagus in winter in St Petersburg so that I could consume vegetables other than ca...

The Power by Naomi Alderman When girls in the modern-day world suddenly gain the power to electrocute through their fingertips, their act...

(full title) Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West by ...

Beyond Sleep by Willem Frederik Hermans   Overly self-conscious and self-important young geologist, carrying the weight of his father...

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson This book will delight anyone who has ever wondered just how will the world look in about 120 years...

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman This children's book first appears as a thriller - the protagonist's entire family is murdered...

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Imagine your favorite Russian writer got himself a good editor:  reminiscences about the scent of l...

I took myself to Köln for the day today (Cologne, for the not-German-speaking).  It is well known for its totally crazy Carnival celebratio...

When we hired our nanny when I started A-100 we jumped through a million and a half hoops to be sure we were paying all the taxes we needed...