Tag Archives: china

notes from abroad.

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darlings we requested a copy of Martha Gellhorn‘s book “Travels with Myself and Another” from the Library and when it arrived we devoured it in two days – she is glorious (caveat: she was writing about Africa, Russia and China in … Continue reading

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a northern pale winter light, a first edition of vita sackville west, 1940 and Mr. Everett.

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It’s still early (7 ish) but we set the alarm for much, much earlier and could not, it seems be as sprightly as someone from lower III,  eager to greet the day, all prep done and with the fountain pen … Continue reading

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picture albums and reveries

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darlings so we’ve been looking through the collection of Photographs from our travels (because we needed to put together something of a slideshow for someone in our RL-existence) and here it is – on a special page called (rather helpfully, … Continue reading

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the Ozwald Boateng screening.

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the day started beautifully – some light reading, taking notes and some ideas for book number 2 (oh yes, we have Lots of Ideas and, Rather excitingly, our contract with the Publisher – blush – has an Option for Book … Continue reading

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jet lag: new york city style.

we fell asleep (after cooking for the first time in, gosh, months – we knew it felt weird….) and then – whaddyaknow – wide AWAKE again at 1AM. hello, jet lag. welcome back. ok: team gloria recipe (RX for our … Continue reading

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Stranded in Canada. Send caffeine and glossy magazines.

Oh lordy. We are stranded in very far north America in the bit that has a border with the USA but no yellow cabs to get team gloria home! All flights are delayed. No idea why. And no brain to … Continue reading

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still life in a chinese hotel room.

ok – we’re going to work now…… we’ve been up since 3AM – swam (29 mins!!), sauna, steam, the funny lightbox room that we’re not sure what it does but the blue-ness and warmth is kinda nice (perhaps it’s reading … Continue reading

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hello, 3AM. (+ what we’re not seeing)

there’s a huge summer storm in beijing tonight – or is that today – it’s now 3AM – we are wide awake (of course) – and opened up the curtains/drapes to see the sky fill up with lightning and huge … Continue reading

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a fashion moment in CHINA reminiscent of Monocle.

so the good news is that team gloria has had 6 hours of sleep in the past 24 hours. the bad news is that those 6 hours were spread out in 3 blocks of 2 hours each. scratchy eyes. a … Continue reading

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the weather disrupted the planned croquet on the lawn

Although the weather disrupted the planned croquet on the lawn, it certainly did not dampen spirits at the Head Master’s Garden Party… as you know, team gloria is currently in CHINA. so we were tickled pink to get the newsletter (so clever, … Continue reading

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