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— aren't we all just costum taxes, and dudes

European birds are boring compared to American birds but I saw a nice pair of mistle thrushes earlier. They have what the bird-watching mums of my acquaintance refer to as a 'confiding' expression. This tree was cut down the next day, which as a metaphor is too on the nose https://i.imgur.com/7u74zm...

Since Last We Met I got really into —

— bird-watching
— the academic job market
— Rumpole of the Bailey
— Welsh independence

[…] Harriet, though not too old to care for her personal appearance, was old enough to prefer convenience to outward display. Consequently, her luggage was not burdened by skin-creams, insect-lotion, silk frocks, portable electric irons or other impedimenta beloved of the ‘Hikers’ Column’. She was ...