
Cornhole!
Welcome, confused reader, as I take you on a journey into what I can only describe as American pub games. In the UK, we have a long...

Shakin' All Over
Welcome, flustered reader, to something of a new era: yes, we now appear to have a functioning adult in the White House, by which of...

Waiting
Well, highly anticipated reader, like me you're probably still waiting for that point at which we break through onto the sunlight uplands...

Trumpardy!
Well, outraged reader, what happened there then? Wednesday this week was a watershed. The 6th of January marked the date on which the...

Out and About
Well, refreshed reader, the Christmas holidays are almost over. We've been combining catching up on our favourite British TV with the odd...

Bonus Blog: Happy New Year!
Welcome, hopeful reader, to our first bonus blog in quite some time. I say hopeful because of course, we're all hoping for a better 2021...

Recreating the Great British Christmas
Welcome, celebratory reader, and I hope your recovery from Christmas excesses is going well. Here we've been revelling in the mild...

I can't compete with Christmas!
Welcome, celebrationally-challenged reader, because I've no idea if Christmas has been cancelled where you are or not. I guess in a...

It's COVID Christmas!
Welcome, not-yet-vaccinated reader, as I bring you the latest updates on how preparations for an unusual Christmas are going here in...

Sausalito and the North Bay
Hi there, over-wintering reader. As the pandemic reaches new heights, yet tantalizingly the vaccines seem almost close enough to touch,...

Happy 2nd Thanksgiving!
Welcome, engorged reader, as I write to you in the bloated aftermath of our second Thanksgiving here in the US. The pandemic meant it was...

Getting into the spirit of things
Greetings, Anglophile reader, as this week brings us the archetypally American holiday of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving marks the start of...

Powerless
Welcome, empowered reader, as today I take you on a journey known as 'Tuesday'. It's not much of an adventure if I'm honest, but in the...

And the winner is...
Welcome, newly elected reader, because this week has been all about the election here. Literally nothing else has happened. As a...

It's COVIDween!
Welcome, newly locked-down reader, as we steel ourselves for what looks like could be a trying late Autumn and Winter. Here in Santa...

Autumn is definitely here
Welcome, mellow fruitful reader, for Autumn is most definitely upon us, even here in Sunny California. I write to you as the temperature...

Sleeping in Seattle
Greetings, holidaying reader, as I write this to you not from the sunny climes of California, but from the more autumnal weather of the...

The two Fs: FOPAL and Filoli
Good morning, alliterative reader, because we find ourselves in a phase of matching initial letters. In the mornings I find myself...

Let's have a heated debate!
Welcome, appalled reader, as I'm sure you either watched or heard about Tuesday night's debate between the two candidates for the...


















