Author Archives: fustianist

One of the things we’ve been wrestling with this summer is a profusion of unhelpful businesses.  We’ve been overwhelmed by the sheer volume of paperwork from Cornell, Oxford, and our house-rental agency, much of which is just frustrating in that … Continue reading →

We got word today that our visas have been approved.  Big sigh of relief.  I will wait to be fully enthralled until we have them in our hands (and until I can see that they were granted for the length … Continue reading →

In a letter to his mother during his European Tour: “I have a nice room just around the corner from the Luxembourg gardens, where I can sit and write and watch the children.  Everything in the gardens is for children–its … Continue reading →

Yesterday the whole family went to Nelson’s cafe for dinner, using my birthday as an excuse.  Sydney’s mom, Dora, brought me a huge arrangement of flowers from their garden, with layers of gladioli, sunflowers, and marigolds, and Katherine was given … Continue reading →

Last Sunday a group of people from Sydney’s extended family got together to walk Cape Split, a hike that’s five miles out to a spectacular view on the edge of the rocks that jut out into the Bay of Fundy.  … Continue reading →

When looking for places to stay for a short while in Oxford: “Oh wow.  This place has that old-fashioned electricity system . . . [and after a blank look from me] . . . where you feed coins into the … Continue reading →

I’m emerging from the deep.  After several weeks of spending most of the day in my pajamas, trolling apartment listings and calling agencies, we finally have a house.  Yes, a house.  There’s room for Katherine to have a bedroom and … Continue reading →

We’re hunting housing.  The big drama, of course, is whether we will get visas so we can even enter England, and whether we’ll get them in time, but since we had to send Sydney’s diploma away to be translated (yes, … Continue reading →

Yesterday Sydney and I celebrated five years of marriage.  A lot has happened since we were married the summer after college, including our first post-college apartment and car, learning to cook, five years of graduate school, a great deal of … Continue reading →

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