rainy days and days out
Not too many hours after touching down in a hot and sunny NC last weekend, I found myself sitting on the porch of a good friend, eating good food and sharing good wine. A warm welcome back indeed! Said friend … Continued
What’s in a map?
Having being away from the UK for the best part of 6 months I have discovered that I am not particularly prone to homesickness. Of course I miss people and places but not in that particular gut wrenching, joy engulfing, … Continued
Work and such
This week has provided a couple of great experiences worth writing about, so despite being tired and a little sunstruck from an afternoon of stripping bikes at the co-op here I go… On Friday I was invited to present to … Continued
Home Sweet Home
Once again I have been remiss about posting recently but mostly that’s because I have been sans internet at home since moving last week and so the sneeky late night 5min slots that I need to write here have not … Continued
the happy absentee
One of the nice / shocking things I discovered over Christmas was that people other than my mother and long-suffering better-half read this blog. Someone even claimed it was the best thing they’d read in ages, which I took as … Continued
The day after tomorrow (hire car reprise)
Yesterday I was very excited to welcome my first visitor from the UK. Well sort of: Shiv was overnighting between flights in Charlotte and as that’s a mere 2.5hr drive I happily volunteered to head on out there to catch … Continued
the race to cover 98% of history in 60 minutes…
My lectures for the AAB (Archaeology of Ancient Britain) course got off into full swing this past fortnight with a fantastic demonstration of flint tool making from David Cranford of UNC and a canter through 98% of human history in … Continued