December 2011
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politicsandcupcakes asked: Just discovered your blog and I think we are the same person! Blog name, I have a daschund, and love Windsor Castle! Have a great wednesday :)
November 2011
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“If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house...”
– Gaston Bachelard
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“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
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WatchI really like this video from the New York Times, mainly because of the way it discusses historical research (yes, I do know how nerdy that sounds), but also because of the way the point of the short documentary is that sometimes we have to step back and make sure we understand the whole picture. It can be so easy to forget to do this with so many different things.
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Thanksgiving
We’re celebrating Thanksgiving in my flat today! I’m making dinner with one of the other Americans for the rest of our British flatmates, none of whom have ever had Thanksgiving before. I’m so excited, and it feels like a proper holiday today. It was surprisingly hard to find pumpkin and pie tins, but we’re making it work. This is one of my absolute favorite holidays....
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“Dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never been hurt...”
– Alfred D’Souza
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