Historic tale of Gotham Village in Nottinghamshire, UK:
When a king came through town, its locals had to pay for his accommodation. Not wanting this, people of Gotham acted insane to convince King John not to visit, since they used to think insanity was contagious.
“…local wise men persuaded King John that they were mad and so […]
How an infant grows in just 2 weeks! He called me ‘nanny’, what a joyous moment, to be granted a name. ‘Ayumi’ is a bit too difficult to pronounce. ‘Nanny’, sure, I like that.
It’s been a long 2 weeks in England. At times, Paul and I felt like we stumbled into a family soap opera. […]
Do you notice a pint glass shape on the bottom right hand corner of the screen?
Apparently since a few years back, this pint glass shape has appeared on the screen during majour football games, as if to send a subliminal message to buy more beer at the pub. Who’s behind it? Has the message worked? […]
We’re going to England, flying Christmas Eve, to attend my cousin’s wedding and share the holidays with family and friends. At times when the weather gets cold, I wish we were closer.
Tim passed away, if you remember, he commented here often with insight and wit, he was my dad’s friend from Wales. I wrote a […]
Jury Team is a British non-party affiliated organization that democratically elects (through texting) one candidate to support his/her potential to becoming a British Member of Parliament.
My dad has become part of this new drive, so if you live in Great Britain, click here and vote for George Meegan!
To vote: Text “GEOMEE01″ to Jury Team text […]
It’s even got a name. “Colony Collapse Disorder“. My brother had heard about it last year in the UK. My mum waited in line to buy a book, “The Collapse of the Honeybee and the coming Agricultural Crisis“, in Japan. How come I haven’t heard much about it in the US?
This phenomenon of disappearing adult […]
My brother Geoffrey uploaded photos of an unexpected event.
A snow storm has captured much of UK.
London
News of the heavy snow in Britain gave me goose pimples. I’ve never seen that much snow in England, it really is strange. Beautiful and fun, but strange.
I went skiing this weekend to Lake Tahoe, in north eastern California. The weather […]
My brother went to a Free School called Summerhill. It’s a boarding school in England where kids are free to do what ever they want to do.
Classes are offered but you don’t have to take them. There are ‘meetings’ where kids from ages 4 to 16, staff members and teachers alike, gather to decide matters, […]
Mr. and Mrs. Brown live in Canterbury, Kent, they looked after me when I was 10. In a jolly conversation to England this morning, they mentioned they are training to become temporary care takers for guide dogs.
“We’ve passed the background check, now we’re learning more about the dogs, so we can take them in our […]
