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CD and me

April 17, 2013 By Ying 9 Comments

Hello, friends. A couple of days ago, I saw a car driving very slowly around the car park of Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston. This isn't unusual. The harbour is always busy with runners, walkers, picnickers, coffee-drinkers, dog-walkers, cyclists, and all manner of casual idlers. The thing that caught my eye was the small dog trotting along beside the car. Yes, the dog's owner was "walking" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Do, Things I Read Tagged With: Dickens, Judith Flanders, London, Victorian working-class, Victoriana, walking

A coffee and “two thin”

April 10, 2013 By Ying 9 Comments

Hello, friends. At the grocery store recently, I was overwhelmed by the idea of how much energy goes into producing and packaging the food I eat. I bought a bunch of cilantro that was grown in California, with all the ground preparation, seeding, watering, weeding, and pest-deterring that farming entails. It was picked (hopefully by legal labour, not migrant children), washed, roots lopped off … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: Judith Flanders, victorian, Victorian working-class

The Berners Street Hoax

April 3, 2013 By Ying 2 Comments

Hello, friends. Many of you know that I love Judith Flanders's work. She writes marvellously detailed social histories and her special area interest is the Victorian period. I highly recommend both The Victorian House and Consuming Passions for anyone interested in Victorian daily life, and The Invention of Murder is irresistible for those, like me, who love mysteries and detective fiction. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Read Tagged With: April Fool's Day, Berners Street Hoax, Judith Flanders, London, victorian

Winter, redux

March 13, 2013 By Ying 6 Comments

First, there was birdsong. The light changed. There was even a big thaw. Today, we have... big fat snow flurries? Sigh. Ontario winters get me every time. The only reasonable thing to do at this point is make another massive curry (I can't recommend this one highly enough) and crack open a fat book. Nick started David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet last night, and I embarked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Things I Do, Things I Read Tagged With: cooking, David Mitchell, Judith Flanders, reading

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