What a great adventure!
Thinks happening in and around our home in Cambridge.
We are starting to have guests from the US. Our first guest of the Summer was Julia Smith. She is studying abroad in Germany and France. During her break, she stayed with us for around a week. The kids and … Read More »
Over the father’s day weekend, I flew to NYC for my brother’s wedding. We had met Ronnie (aka Ron or Eran) and Lara in Israel for Gabriel’s wedding. Only I came. Susie and the kids remained in England. They were … Read More »
Yesterday, Pearl and I made breakfast. She cooked the bacon and helped me make pancakes. She measured the flour, baking powder, sugar, and other ingredients. She also helped flip the pancakes. After getting the meal together, we sat down to … Read More »
Well it’s Easter today and snowing in Cambridge. We had rain, sleet, and snow flurries yesterday. Gabriel joked about how it gets cold enough to snow, but always warms up a bit for the precipitation to be rain. Today with … Read More »
What an odd March it has been. We’ve had snow flurries. The temperature fluctuates between sunny Spring days (13°C/ 55°F) to blustery Winter days (1°C/ 33°F). Today it’s one of those wintery days with drizzly rain (go figure). In addition, … Read More »
From talking with friends here, it seems the biggest quandry is how to watch the big game. When I say the big game, I’m referring to the American college and professional finals (like the Super Bowl). In the past, we … Read More »
BBC news, today, announced that the UK is experiencing a ‘mild’ recession. Having lived here for almost three years, I find the statement amusing and alarming. The amusing bit is from an outsider perspective, it doesn’t sound all that bad. … Read More »
Well the buzz around town is we might get snow. According to the BBC, Britain is about to experience a terrible Arctic storm. Already there are highways (aka motorways) closing down and the grocery stores are being raided for supplies. … Read More »
Susie belongs to the Cambridge Women’s International Club (CWIC). They meet regularly for coffee and splinter groups for doing a variety of activities. Once a year, they get together and do a dinner with spouses. Well, this last Saturday was … Read More »
It’s interesting how expenses like food, fuel, and so on impact how one plans out their commute to the office, vacation destinations, and so on. We did this in the states to a lesser extent when planning a road trip … Read More »
Today as I was driving to the office, I was thinking about how public radio and television is organized in the UK. It has great shows like in the states, but there seems to be more choice (rather than just … Read More »
We are officially into the New Year. The kids have started school, I’ve gone back to work, and Susie is getting the calendar (I mean diary) in order. For the last few days, we’ve got a bit of sunshine. However, … Read More »
Christmas and Hannukah have passed and New Years is around the corner. I’ve decided over the holiday break to update our GreenObjects website with photographs and our life in the United Kingdom. The website was terribly out of date. I … Read More »