From the monthly archives:
This may have been our second Christmas in California but this year was our first warm Christmas Day. Last year, California clearly thought I needed to be eased in gently to the concept of heat and sun on Christmas Day. A huge wind and rainstorm hit knocking out phone lines and making sure we spent [...]
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The boys’ last day of school ended with some festive songs. I’m so used to Away in a Manger and all the usual Christmas culprits, it was great to hear a new song – Christmas in the West.
Well it’s hot in the summer
And it’s hot in the fall
And it’s hot in the winter
So it doesn’t [...]
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Before we moved to sunny California, we lived slap bang in the middle of Salisbury Plain. Our evening entertainment was listening to tanks whizzing across the Plain as the army practiced their maneuvers. Or a Hercules would fly just above the roof of our house, its rear doors open ready to deploy practicing parachutists.
The other [...]
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I’m always fascinated to see which European influences have made it across the pond. Unfortunately, my beloved mince pies isn’t one of them but Swedish gingerbread is definitely a big influence here during the festive season.
Last week we visited the Discovery Science Center – the local children’s museum – for their Science of Gingerbread exhibit.
The [...]
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Hurray! We had a massive storm here in California yesterday and it looks as though we’ll have great snow for our ski trip to Mammoth this weekend.
I’ve only been skiing for a few years and as it’s a sport I’ve learnt with my sensible head rather than a young, who cares if I get hurt [...]
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Across the UK right now, schools are preparing for the Nativity Play. The little ones in the first few years of school usually perform the play. I think the mentality of the teachers is that the younger they are, the more entertaining it will be for the parents. The more opportunities for mistakes and humiliation, [...]
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