Monthly Archives: March 2008

Steve Jobby

I would love to be able to credit the creators of this romper suit (if that’s what they’re called; I suspect it isn’t), but all I can say is that it was seen in the window of a shop in … Continue reading

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Village police

This photograph doesn’t even begin to capture the extent to which these two policemen, photographed in Sausalito, looked like refugees from one of those films with titles like Cop Shack or Hole Patrol. Maybe they were between shots.

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Big Daddy

It’s a truism that everything in America is larger than anywhere else, even though, in two cases at least – pigeons and stock cubes – it’s clearly false. Still, anyone who’s familiar only with the modestly sized deodorants in European … Continue reading

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More holiday snaps

As welcome relief from the excitement of publication, let’s get back to our US trip. Here’s where we stayed in Williams, Arizona. It’s the oldest motel in Williams, dating back to 1936, and possibly the cheapest. We paid $32 plus … Continue reading

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Fame – elixir of youth

As you can see from this photograph, being published has had an oddly rejuvenating effect on me. Courtesy of Mistress Montagiste (you know who you are!)

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P Day

Well, P Day came and went without fanfare. (P, in case you haven’t guessed, stands for publication. And if you don’t know of what you simply haven’t been following.) I had a heartening text from Jutta, who was just out … Continue reading

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Little Monsters – review

The April issue of Good Housekeeping (UK), curiously due to appear in early March, has included Little Monsters among its Seven Great Reads. The other six include the latest by La Petite Anglaise, Anne Fine and Hanif Kureishi. It calls … Continue reading

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Life saver

This lifebelt was spotted in a shop window in Sausalito. It’s hard to imagine a ship called Nellie, though less hard to imagine those who sail on her referring to one another with the term, which I’d previously assumed was … Continue reading

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Travelling (from Tucson)

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Travelling (to Tucson)

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