DON PEDRO Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. Much Ado About Nothing, II.i
If you’ve been following my little missives, you’ll know that I’m shortly moving to London. You will also know that for reasons yet to be quantified by science, there appears to be a strong correlation between me living in a house and it becoming saturated by water. This has happened in every house I have lived … Continue reading
The next time I wrote about my fantastical ability to flood everything, I thought I’d at least be in my new abode. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve totally been expecting to flood the new house based on past history (cf basically every post I’ve ever written). But until this point I hadn’t yet managed to flood … Continue reading
Mainly I’m an accidental thief. The first time this became apparent was during the Airplane Jacket Incident of ’09. Flying back to the UK I sat in an exit row on the side of the plane, under that funny little mini-overhead bin that only accommodates the two people right in that row. I smiled at … Continue reading
Take heed of the unremarked but insidious pestilence of raisins. They get into everything! Nobody else seems to be concerned about this. Personally, I have an abiding hatred of them. This may not seem at first glance to be an issue of pressing importance, but you have obviously never been in the same vicinity as … Continue reading
I just responded to Coach on the Edge’s lovely poetic memorial to September 11th. What I wanted to say but didn’t because it would have completely undermined the very purpose of saying it was, it’s nice to see that someone’s remembrance hasn’t been sidelined by the hateful and poisonous threat of Pastor Terry Jones to hold a … Continue reading
I’m not someone who believes in fate or destiny. I do, however, find it interesting that decisions you think will be small or only relevant to the immediate future often end up having wider repercussions on life. Last year around this time I was living in a house I really liked in Exeter, but the house dynamic … Continue reading
In the grand scheme of things, it could definitely have been much harder to find a flat. What I ended up going with is so simple and all-around good that I couldn’t have designed a better situation for myself with months of planning. The story is that my current landlady’s son has a flat in London and … Continue reading
I had a thought today. It was, “Quick! Post something!!” So today’s post is just a quick sketch of thoughts on my impending move to London. Heading to London later this week to look at flats. I’m excited and nervous to be moving. Exeter’s been my home for the past four years, for the best … Continue reading
Ever since 2006 I’ve been an overseas voter. Mainly I’ve been in the UK for local and national elections, so ballots get sent to me here in Exeter. But during the last presidential election I was in Cairo. I wrote about my experiences faxing a vote home from there in my blog titled The Central Telephone … Continue reading
So my dear Skirt!istas, as you know I’m nearing the culmination of my PhD. Passed my viva voce in June and now just have some corrections standing in the way of me and the big floppy hat (PhDs get big floppy hats in the UK, not mortarboards. I couldn’t find a good picture that wouldn’t mean … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 