castlecamp

to quote a friend, who once abandoned her blog for four months as she succumbed to the demands and pressures of a term of university teaching, "it's really hard, competing for 'worst blogger of the year award'".

i don't have a note from my mother, or my family doctor, to explain my absence, and the list of excuses i was drafting in my head seems trite. and while i toyed around with this idea several times as i sat in my drafty turret at herstmonceux, writing lectures, grading essays, and snagging moments for work on my dissertation, the idea of hiring a blogsitter seemed extravagant if not a little "yuppie".

instead of a string of excuses, what i do have to offer is a short photo essay of some of the adventures i had at castlecamp (yes G, castlecamp!) which i'm sure will serve as heady material for blog entries in the future. while at the moment, i'm safely ensconced in a flat in kingstunned for the summer, working away at finishing (off) the dissertross, i will be returning to herstmonceux for the autumn semester. i can hardly wait.

along with romantic adventures in
paris
and
rome
undertaken with my lovely english boy,
i also had a wonderful visit with the lovely one, who had been living in berlin since the start of the new year.
and when not professoring or traveling, i devoted my spare time to musical endeavors, the most famous of which is the herstmonceux ukulele chamber orchestra (HUCO)


more tales from castlecamp and life in kingstunned to follow soon, i promise!