Oxford has been having some uncharacteristically nice weather recently, and it looks like it’s going to continue this week: Which is great, because the Duinkers arrived this morning (right on time), and there are so many things to see and do outside in Oxford – punting, visiting colleges, picnics in the meadows, walking along the [...]

Well, things aren’t going so well for England, so I went out and bought a Saint George’s flag yesterday. Maybe that will help things. At the same time, it’s a bit funny to listen to the English TV commentators spout their colonialist nonsense (“England has never lost to an African team”, etc. etc.) as they [...]

Everybody (well, everybody in the world except maybe most North Americans) knows that the World Cup is now well underway, and it’s certainly inescapable here in England. It started with the “football” branding of just about everything, from beer bottlecaps to pizzas to Babybel cheeses, about a month or so ago. Then all the grocery [...]

Ori has already told you about her recent visit from Kate and Dave, but I’d just like to add that my sister Angela is now in the U.K. for two and a half months, too! I met her at Heathrow last week, making the arrivals lounge literally two minutes before she came through the doors. [...]

I am surprised that it took this long (9 months) for homesickness to really sink in, but in the past few weeks, I have really been missing my family and Halifax. I suppose it was spurred on by our visit from Kate, Dave, and Silas several weeks ago. They stayed with us for about a [...]