We Americans sailed up the Thames to get to a Thanksgiving Day service.
Category: places
Talos
Eclipse over Lake and Tower
Lincoln, the Pool Colony
If you admire Honest Abe, you may be interested to know where his surname came from. Continue reading “Lincoln, the Pool Colony”
Container Monster
You never know, in a place like Greenwich, what may appear around the corner.
Peter the Great on the banks of the Thames
Tsar Peter was uncommonly tall, but I didn’t know he was this much taller than me.
Continue reading “Peter the Great on the banks of the Thames”
The rescue boats of Dunkirk
I came upon this spectacle by sheer luck, though it’s only five hundred yards from my door.
Marathonids
Like a meteor shower, the London Marathon returns Continue reading “Marathonids”
Tall Ships
The five-day festival of the Tall Ships was announced by a volley of fireworks Continue reading “Tall Ships”
Merry Christmas
And Hanukkah and Seculus and whatever else you may celebrate toward the end of the year, and a prosperous year to come.
