Author Archives: Charles

Long Time No Read

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Charles

Ok, 3.5 years since my last post.  What can I say, they were starting to feel repetitive, and I got bored.  And I wouldn’t be writing this one, except for Things that are Happening.  Things that I’d prefer to say … Continue reading →

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Pining for Fjords

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Charles

At the end of my last post, I was leaving Helsinki, Finland, and heading by plane to Oslo, Norway, homeland of Norse gods.  Before I move on to that, a few brief status updates. First: I’ll be returning to L.A. … Continue reading →

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Finn-ishing Finland

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Charles

I have often blamed my delay in getting to these blog entries on my absorption in video games, and that’s not untrue.  On the other hand, I’ve ramped waaaay down on ESO since I left Finland, and it’s still taken … Continue reading →

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Land O’Lakes

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Charles

As I start this, I am finishing up my Helsinki, Finland, stay, where I’ve been from August 8th to September 9th.  It’s Thursday, I leave early Saturday morning, and anticipate a good 4-5 hours of sitting in the airport in … Continue reading →

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Croydon

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Charles

What, no clever title relating to some interesting fact about Croydon, a working-class suburb south of London, or my experiences there?  No. Croydon really isn’t that interesting.  It’s just there, a quality that I had in common with it, briefly. … Continue reading →

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So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Charles

Hey, now this is exciting!  I’m currently in Croydon, a suburb south of London, where I’ve been for about 3 weeks.  And with this entry on Edinburgh, I’m finally catching my travel blog back up nearly to current time. Yaaaaay! … Continue reading →

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♬ Da duh-duh duh-duh dum dum, Barcelona! ♬

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Charles

(Yes, I know, it sounds stupid. But I swear that not a day went by without my singing that to myself at least once.  My powers of free association are both a blessing and a curse, like… I don’t know, … Continue reading →

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The Hermit of Seville

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Charles

So, here I am, returning to Seville at last. I have to warn you, this entry can not possibly be as entertaining as the first Seville entry was.  Seriously. I just reread that entry, to remind myself of what I … Continue reading →

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Had I but world enough, and time

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Charles

First, sorry for the earlier blog post false alarm.  I went to save my progress on the draft, and hit the wrong button and published it instead.  My bad. ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯ Catching up Ok, so it’s been a while since … Continue reading →

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Psych! (Aka, oops, wrong button.)

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Charles

Sorry, my bad. I meant to save the page I was working on and hit Publish instead of Save Draft. And then, of course, the e-mail blast goes out and there’s no way to recall it. So, hold on. The … Continue reading →

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