Category Archives: Monthly Recaps

June in the rearview mirror

Posted on June 30, 2026 by JJS

🇬🇧 which is fitting since I just sold the mirror June, I hardly knew ye. Which is strange, because you’re allegedly my favorite month and we go way back — same week as my birthday, same week as the summer … Continue reading →

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The month that was – April 2026

Posted on May 1, 2026 by JJS

🇬🇧 A Tale of Two Seas (and One Very Smug Tax Form) In which the month begins in salt water, ends in salt water, and temporarily drowns in bureaucracy. âš“ Bookended by the briny deep April had the good taste … Continue reading →

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The month that was – March 2026

Posted on April 1, 2026 by JJS

🇬🇧 A travel, weather, democracy, and solo-parenting debrief — in no particular order of grievance Spain called. We answered. Obviously. The month opened with roughly the first third of it spent in the suburbs of Alicante, which is the kind … Continue reading →

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The month that was – November 2025

Posted on November 30, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 How I survived pubs, panto, poultry and painkillers Today is the last day of November and, for those of us raised on catechism, hymns, and the comforting fear of eternal damnation, it also happens to be the first Sunday … Continue reading →

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🗓️ The Month That Was – October 2025 đź‡¬đź‡§đź‡«đź‡·

Posted on October 31, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 We didn’t exactly start October at home. In fact, we were somewhere in the Touraine region, where vineyards meet nostalgia, enjoying our annual reunion with the same little group of indestructible friends we’ve known since 1968. That’s right — … Continue reading →

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The month that was – March 2025

Posted on April 1, 2025 by JJS

🇬🇧 The case of the disappearing month Once again, I find myself asking: where on earth did March go? It barely arrived, made itself comfortable for about five minutes, and then vanished without so much as a goodbye. I checked … Continue reading →

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