Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Smallest Air BnB in Tassie

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Emerging from Richmond Gaol… Geoff:  Well—I'm a free man again! Hector:  Not so fast, mate. Nobody leaves Richmond Gaol without serving ...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Go-around

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Cockpit communication First Officer : Problem in the cabin. Flight attendant just collapsed. Tom is doing initial assessment: checking airwa...
Saturday, November 1, 2025

White Orange Rabbit

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Time for the WHITE RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT, WHITE RABBIT incantation. For  white read Orange as we broomstick out of an ochre October into an a...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Charlie and Mamachari

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Borrowing a bicycle… Charlie:  I need to pop down to the shops. Hiroshi:   うん、いいよ。うちの二台目の自転車、使っていいよ。 Use my Mama-chari. Charlie:  A what? So...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The Ballerina also READS

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Coping with a feisty research assistant… Antonio : I need a summary of Mali’s history by close of play today. Olivia:  I have a ballet class...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Carnivore vs Vegan

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Down the road from the farmers market... Helen:  Nice boots. Did the cow die of natural causes? Grace:  I’m sure it did. Vintage, thank you ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Travels with a Cactus

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Staying with a friend… Sylvia:  You travel with a cactus? Antonia:  That’s Rolenzo. I’m writing a book. Working title:  Travels with My Cact...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Offer of designing a hotel

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1885 Job interview… Lady Burdett-Coutts : I heard you picked up a building and moved it. CT : Ah, yes. Chicago. It had its difficulties, bei...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

White Mooncake Rabbit

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It’s mooncake time when the Jade Rabbit in the moon pounds the elixir of immortality (I’m a bit keen on that). Full of ingredients like lotu...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

A Dream of Red Mansions

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At the theater… Harold : Are you, by any chance Professor White? Professor White : I am. Harold : I’m Harold, I took your Chinese Literature...
Friday, September 19, 2025

1847: Francis Rejoins the Family Firm

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Bernard urges a thoughtful Francis… Francis : Feels oddly familiar yet foreign. London’s hustle has its own rhythm. Bernard : It’s in your b...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Setting out from Berlin 1796

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Family meeting… Rene : Berlin has limits, but London… it’s buzzing with ships, trade, and opportunity for an underwriter. Father : Clearly, ...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

A talk with an underwriter in 1802

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A booth at the coffee shop…  Mr. Norton:  Your porcelain shipment is a fragile commodity. The charge for insurance is contingent upon the de...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Sarawak Laksa

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Choon Hui Café 06:45 am… Antonio : Sarawak Laksa. Medium size. Coffee and Poppia. Mei : Poppia maker’s not in today, sorry lah. Antonio : Th...
Monday, September 1, 2025

White Borneo Rabbit

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WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT WHITE RABBIT Arriving in present day Sarawak was not quite the Borneo that Biggles flew into in a Beaufighter in W...