San Francisco Bay from the plane Five days ago we began our return slog to Portugal with a one week layover in London, where we are at...

 This morning I lamented I hadn't seen a fox in London . . . Nearly transparent fox  but this evening there he was grace...

I'm still waiting to see a fox or four in the backyard. M. Lee saw a mom and three juveniles when he was here in the spring so it's...

We're now launched on a 5.5 month stay in Europe. For the first three weeks my daughter and her family will be with us. Last week we sta...

Leicester Square Theatre - London Last night we saw Stewart Lee at Leicester Square Theatre. A wonderfully outrageous fellow, I've...

4th of July Fireworks  -  Los Angeles On the 4th of July flew from LA to London where we've been for the last few days, back in our...

We've been in London now for three weeks and I've barely made a note. The emphasis of this visit has been the National Gallery on T...

We've been in London for about a week now and today we went for a lovely five mile walk beside the Thames. Passing through a segment of ...

Poetry Unplugged's cave Poetry Unplugged is the only open mic I've read at in London. It's not because I like the room whic...

Yesterday was Kathy's last full day here so we went to Brighton to see the palace and today she leaves for Moscow then back to the Stat...

I was wrong. We ordinary people did not get to run around the Houses of Parliament snapping selfies willy-nilly. They only allow p...

Me and Swami warmer days in Segovia Another gray cold day in London. Accuweather, which "guarantees superior accuracy" prom...

We saw the play Gypsy yesterday and Book of Mormon the day before. Great casts. Great performances and, best of all, M.'s mother ado...

We got to London a couple of days ago and are staying in a flat near Finsbury Park which is about six miles north of city center. London i...

Graffiti on New Oxford St., London 2012 Just by way of rolling the front page on, here's a photo I took last summer during our stay...

One thing I loved about London, dogs are permitted on public transportation. There are some restrictions but, in general, if you can car...

Fond farewells in Tooting Bec. Minerva, Ellie, Monkey Dude & Swami in Tooting Bec We've come to regret bringing bikes on t...

Swami at Tower of London

I finally got around to reading at Poetry Unplugged , the weekly open mic night at the Poetry Society's Poetry Cafe . Very good group. ...

Napoleon and his beloved red toothbrush In the way that ordinary items sometimes do if they happen to survive just long enough, one o...