St Nicholas's Day, 2012, Driving Eastward
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Child Catchers and Babby Hunters
Not long ago I discovered to my surprise that the dialect phrase, "More X than ever the parson preached about," meaning "a lot of X," was unknown to…
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Distracted by Pretty Things
I've exchanged contracts on a new house, and will (COVID-19 willing) be moving in on Monday! This is very pleasing after such a long delay - my offer…
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North in the East
It's really strange how researching my Japan book (at least the nineteenth-century part of it) keeps me bumping into my relatives. First it turned…
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