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Oxford Day 1: Walking Tour and Bodliean Library
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Tuesday 29th April 2025 Sidenote: We arrived from London by train late the previous afternoon and had dinner at Kazbar, a fun restaurant and bar with Middle Eastern and Spanish…
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Books: February and March 2025
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I haven’t rounded up any of the books I’ve read since January so this will be the first of two posts to catchup. Christopraxis: A Practical Theology of the Cross…
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List #22: Good Things Friday May 2025
I missed last month’s Good Things because I was traveling, so some of these will be from April.
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Spotted Photo Theme May: Repeating
I’m joining in again this month with Hannah’s Spotted Photo Theme Challenge. May’s theme is repeating. Here’s what I found: This was a bit harder than some of the other…
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101 Things In 1001 Days: 600-day Check-In
I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 500 days, I calculated that I was 30.8% complete. My 600…
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I’m Home … and The Great Toilet Paper Debate
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We arrived home from the UK late on Sunday 18th. I’ve found the jet lag both going over and coming back particularly bad this trip, probably because both flights coincided…
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London Day 8: Churchill War Rooms
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Monday 28th April This morning we woke up, had breakfast then packed and checked out of the hotel. We left our bags at the hotel and walked to the Churchill…
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London Day 7: The Marathon
Sunday 27th April This was the big day, the reason we were in the UK—the London Marathon. G is trying to do the Abbot’s Big 6 (or 7 now) and…
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London Day 6: Hampstead Heath Parkrun and The British Museum
Edited to add: I’m finishing this post up at Heathrow, waiting for our plane back to Melbourne via Hong Kong. We’ve had the most wonderful trip and the recaps will…
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London Day 5: East End Food Tour
Friday April 25th April This morning I went with G to Fortitude Bakery to pick up pastries and coffee (for G, not me. I am still off coffee). I had…
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