Monthly Archives: November 2014

The light of the world

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” Isaiah 9:2 #‎advent

Window Pain — Simon’s Cat video

It’s Cat Monday! Once again! Oh Hooray! (In June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Even on a Monday.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I’ve been posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS hooray!… Read more »

my child could do that

A few months ago, I visited MOMA on an unofficial tour led by my friend Dan Siedell (author and Presidential Scholar and Art Historian in Residence at The King’s College, NYC). It was great. He took us to floor 5 where we looked at Cezanne, Matisse and Van Gogh. Then down to floor 4 where… Read more »

Fly Guy — Simon’s Cat video

It’s Cat Monday! Once again! Oh Hooray! (Back in June, I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that are funny and they will make you laugh. Even on a Monday.) And so, because I’m nice like that, I’ve been posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS… Read more »

The Typical British Bird

What do you think of as the typical British Bird? Pigeons? Robins? Wrens? Wrong. Parakeets. Areas surrounding London have been invaded by a Green Lurgy. Parakeets. (There were approx 1,500 in 1995 and now there are 30,000). No one knows why the population explosion. They come from India and Sub-Saharan Africa–but they didn’t get to… Read more »