As I was walking by the university library on my way to lunch today the automatic door slid open, temporarily smothering me in luscious air condition and that particular smell of library. I stopped in my tracks, caught in a Proustian flashback.
I’ve always been most comfortable in libraries. In Junior High school, my best friend and I used [...]
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Ramble up the stairwell, into the hall of books
Sharks and vampires and sixes, oh my
Australia is probably most famous, or infamous at least, for having more species of lethal critters per capita than any other place on earth. There are crocodiles, all manner of snakes and spiders, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopi, and on and on. It was kind of an exciting idea – moving to this raw Southern Hemisphere [...]
This Week On The (Dr.) O’C: The “L” Word
You’ve got to love happy endings. In what could be Dr. O’C’s final post here on A Free Man, we get just that…
At some point my attitude to motherhood started to improve. I don’t know when that happened, but it did. I am a better mum than I thought I would be. For the [...]
Went out swimming, got hit by a jet-ski.
“She’s got eyes of deepest blue
He’s got hair that’s green
Everybody’s got nice stuff but me
I wish I had the kind of cash
To make heads turn when I walk past
I wish I could live in luxury
Everybody’s got nice stuff but me…”
-The Dead Milkmen – “Everybody’s Got Nice Stuff But Me”
As our bus pulled away from Oxford [...]
A little bit sad, actually.
As of Friday, I am no longer an employee of the second best university in the world. It was a day I had been looking forward to with some relish – I’ve been unhappy in my job for quite some time. I expected to bound out the doors of my building with a spring in [...]
Freecycling, freegans and a notable lack of free time
Today on A Free Man: Proudly not footballers’ wives
“I’m free now
Free to look out the window
Free to live my story
Free to sing along…”
-Morphine – “I’m Free Now”
One of the difficult things about a transcontinental move is getting rid of things that aren’t worth shipping. In our move from the U.S. to the U.K. a few [...]
Goodbye dreaming spires…
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Out On The Weekend In Oxford
Since the decision to leave Oxford became final I’ve begun to appreciate just about everything about it – maybe barring the weather. In the three plus years that we’ve spent here I’ve been able to thoroughly explore this wonderful little city and there are a few places that have become very special to me. So, [...]
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Godstow Nunnery
The ruins of Godstow Abbey sit alongside the Thames just to the north and west of Oxford. It was built in 1139 for the Benedictine nuns and was in use for four centuries until King Henry VIII, in a fury over his excommunication by the Catholic Church, dissolved the order and hundreds of others in [...]
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