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The Morning Cuppa: Atelier 9.0
Posted on November 30, 2025
November 28th 2025 It’s the morning after Thanksgiving and I’m posting for the first time from the new atelier in Florida. This is the blog post I’ve been wanting to write for years and years. Be it for good or bad I’ve had numerous moves over the decades and with …
12th Summer
Posted on November 26, 2025
RA beside a very old door in Eindhoven City Centre from when folks were just a little bit more slight ‘Safe and inbound,’ as Simon Le Bon once did sing. Daiana and I have arrived to the States. The settling in requires us a few days, what with a 4 …
The Morning Cuppa: Return to its Gilded Age
Posted on September 3, 2024
Monday, 2 September 2024 It’s Labour Day in the States. Always this day has marked the end of summer in Michigan. In Spain the first Monday after the end of August also marks the end of summer. August holidays are over and with it the holiday makers who vanish in …
The Morning Cuppa: The Way Ahead
Posted on August 27, 2024
…The Way Ahead Tuesday, 27 August It’s end of summer here in the Costa Brava. Normally the village is hatstand round here, holiday makers sucking the marrow out of the waning days of their holiday until the first of September when they disappear like elves in the night. This year …
The Morning Cuppa: Day Of!
Posted on August 20, 2024
Tuesday, 20 August 2024: Day Of Since I have lived in the Costa Brava, mornings have always been an early start. I like to begin the day with a nice cuppa coffee. Before 2017 it included a smoke, but it was chucked seven years ago now. The day before involves …
The Morning Cuppa: Day of Days
Posted on August 18, 2024
Monday, 19 August 2025: Day of Days We’re down to it now. Under the guns, so to speak. 24 hours to kick off. It’s the day before and the time I’m most exhilarated. Since 2012 all my visits to Euro Militaire, Euro Miniatures Expo and later still Folkestone originated from …