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londonpenguin

londonpenguin

Bibliophile, Anglophile, travel-o-phile (yeah, I don't know the -philia for traveling*) ... arachnophobic, aviophobic, and hydrophobic (well, maybe it's really more like thalassophobic) ...

(*Thanks to Shelfarian sweetafton, who tells me that hodophilia is love of road trips and siderodromophilia is love of train travel. Count me... more »
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  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Ah, I see the wanderlust has you in its clutches once more. It sounds like a heavenly trip!

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Thank you, Chloe. Yes, I love a good stiff collar, too - they're coming back. Will you be joining us for "Some Tame Gazelle"?

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Elisabeth B

    Elisabeth B says

    Hi Teresa & Bonjour !
    How are you doing? I feel right now I must have the world at my feet and I feel on top of this world!!!! I didn't ace the test, only 92.58 out of 100 but I am very proud: the listening part was rather difficult and I'm not the best in oral debate.
    Did you have a whale of a time the past 4th July?
    Well, I'm afraid I'm rather busy these days with my daughter's highschool schedule (I'm the Treasurer of the Parents' Association)...and for the moment, there is
    not end in sight. Not only do I work but also I have to attend a course. Anyway, I hope that sooner or later I'll finish with all of this & I'lll do my best of summertime.
    Have fun!!!
    Your Spanish friend,
    Elisabeth

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Elisabeth B

    Elisabeth B says

    Bonjour Teresa!!
    I sit my last exam on Friday (the writing part) and the past few weeks had worn me out ! The oral exam was a bit stressful. Two parts: to summarise on my own words a short text (celebrities in Engladn), to tell about a personal experience related to this topic and finally a debate with two schoolmates during 15 minutes (phew) !!!

    By the way, I found out a nice website with English speeches from American, British, Spanish, and so on about science, health, spirituality, literature, feminism, etc. The URL is: www.ted.com

    Next June, 25 I will get my marks of English Advanced level & Intermediate German. Please root for me the 19th !!!

    Now there are the celebrations in my daughter's high school: ball, fair, dinner, theater, hip hop show, and so on. I think I have my plate full he he he but I'm so glad to share those fun moments with all the students ! I'm the 'Tresorer' of the Parent's Association... crunching numbers hahaha.
    Well, I'll write you on 25 !! Thanks a bunch for thinking of me and my exams !!
    Ton amie espagnole,
    Elisabeth

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Dee

    Lady Dee says

    Oh dear!
    Greed and lust strike again...I am gazing despairingly at your copy of the Illustrated History of the British Monarchy!

    posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )
  • victorbravo

    victorbravo says

    http://is.gd/n4D

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • victorbravo

    victorbravo says

    It is!

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Elisabeth B

    Elisabeth B says

    Hola, ¿qué tal va todo?
    Dear Teresa,
    I haven't taken my first term exams because my hubby tore his shoulder the eve's exam day and he wasn't able to drive (he's my chauffeur everywhere). However, it's a continuous assessment in my Language College, so I will sit my exam in may and the certificate's exams in June.
    Anyway, I am studying a lot, right now brushing up on subjunctive, inversion, emphasis and conditionals... tons of grammar exercises indeed! I doesn't matter, I love grammar.
    How are you up to? Are you overwhelmed with work? I hope not.
    Over here, specially in Barcelona downtown, we have had stormy winds, more than 180 and a dozen people were killed by fallen branches or collapsed walls!! So sad was it that Barcelona Major ordered half day of mourning.

    On the bright side, I watched on TV the Inauguration Day of Obama. Well, all my family and I enjoyed special programmes and clapped, cried and screamed with joy a lot! It was deeply touching everything. By the way, my daughter is writing a letter for Barack Obama congratulating him on his compelling, sensible first speech to the Union. She's very fond of Obama ;-)
    As far as my reading, I devored 'The Time Traveler's Wife' in three sits. Would you recommend me some nice readings???
    Well, back to work! Great to keep in touch with you.
    Your Spanish avid reader friend,
    Elisabeth

    posted 10 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Cubachik

    Cubachik says

    I was sober - only kittying! Ah, ha ha ha ha - I kill me! I'm here all week.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Cubachik

    Cubachik says

    I'm feline like meow's the time to wish you a Happy Mew Year! (nyuk nyuk nyuk) Yay, 2009!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • feline

    feline says

    Love the cat photo! Is she yours?

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Elisabeth B

    Elisabeth B says

    Ma chère amie Teresa,
    Ça va? je vous souhaite Joyeux Noël pour toi.
    Big super new year plenty of happiness, joy, peace, love and health!
    Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo 2009 !!!
    Your friend,
    Lis


    I 'd like to

    create these days,

    a huge Christmastree

    very special

    and I'd put on it instead of gifts

    the names

    of all my friends. Those very close to me

    and you, Diana so far away. My forever friends and

    you always.

    I meet with some every day but you, I miss you

    so so much.

    Someone I always remember and I forgot a few from time to time.

    The reliable and the absent-minded. Friends of happy times

    and other of rough times. Those never again will I hurt

    and those that I have been hurt sometimes. Those I got to know deeply

    and those that I've just met once and judge by

    appearance.

    Those who owed me something and those that I owe them a lot.

    The humble friends and the VIP friends.

    That's the reason I name all of them, every friend in my whole life

    You, who will get this message and they who never get it.

    A tree with deep roots because your names will never be unroot out.

    A tree which will blossom next year for you all, with happiness, health, love and peace.

    I wish I could have gone to you so that I could have shared my hearfelt wishes of hope, generousity,

    cheerfulness,

    warm-hearted thoughts

    of joy for everybody who

    has lost everything.

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Wendy J

    Wendy J says

    Thank you! I thought you would bring it over on Christmas day. I heard you will not be coming over. Christmas just won't be the same without you.

    posted 11 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Cubachik

    Cubachik says

    I do think it's combo of the Helluva year/seasonal doldrums thing for me, and when the sunsets start becoming later again I should begin to perk up. Although I hate to think of anyone as lovely as you feeling blue, it is comforting to know I'm not alone.

    On September 11 we were in Dublin, of all places, where Sweetie was recovering from a broken leg! Ireland was a very sympathetic place to be, and he had excellent doctors. But it was so strange for me - the original I heart NY poster girl - not to be home.

    Maybe you can think of it as a day to remember and celebrate love and the human spirit: the one you now share, and the courage of so many that day who helped others the best they could, That does sound good.

    You are right - there ARE lovely things to think of, my poodle to hug. In "The Drowsy Chaperone", there's that terrific song that the title character sings, "As We Stumble Along" that I think is a great rallying cry for every survivor of Le Blues, cocktail in hand.

    Ah, then you DO know "Father Ted"!! Excellent Great stuff, that. The three of them, and their pimply maid. What a scream! Are you a "To the Manor Born" fan? That's the one I cheerlead for everyone to see if they don't know it. With Penelope Keith?

    Hugs to you, Sweetie; you made me smile! :-)

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Cubachik

    Cubachik says

    What lovely friends you have (nosily reading their posts below) with their "ProBama" sentiments (double yay!!) and mentions of the insanely funny "Father Ted" - do you know this particular show? Oh, GOD, if not, rent it!!!

    Ah, I'm afraid I have a touch of the doldrums myself; not a big fan of the long nights. I don't mind the cold, but I need the light. Andnot for soaking in, neither, just its cheering presence... I'm feeling a wee bit of anxiety, and watching the events in Mumbai play out brings back memories. I was relatively fine that September, but then that in November I lost it, so every November I watch myself for signs of trouble, which probably starts things that weren't even there to begin with. Does that make sense? Heavens, how I do go on.

    But really, what I wanted to write was that if you'd ever like some company, do stop by and have a glass for medicinal purposes. My, look at your fascinating books - the Dictionary of British Slang! I bet that's a revelation on every page.

    Here, Kitty Kitty. I bet she's never blue. Mastering the latest in mind control techniques must take up most of her elegant time.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Elisabeth B

    Elisabeth B says

    Bonjour Teresa,
    Comment ça va?
    Oh dear! My computer is freezing and so slow !! After a tremendous virus attack, I have a sluggish PC running as old as the hills. Right now my modem is making a funny noise! I hope you can read this note and you're doing extremely well.
    You can say that again! Here in Spain we root for your new Democrat President and all the changes he has pledged to do sooner.
    What are you reading right now?
    I'm very busy brushing up my English oral skills so that I will be able to pass my January's exam in Advanced Level. Therefore, I only can read English novels late into the night.
    Wish you a happy reading
    and big hugs,
    Elisabeth

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Wendy J

    Wendy J says

    Which book is that?

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Elisabeth B

    Elisabeth B says

    Hi Teresa,
    My heartfelt congratulations !! From Spain we all are thrilled by Obama's victory. You must be on the nine cloud. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!
    I am so happy for you all ! I was crying my heart out listening to Barak's first words as President elected... how exciting this long night watching the box !!
    Big hugs from Spain !
    Your friend,
    Elisabeth

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Evelyn S

    Evelyn S says

    There is a place that copuld be called a Health Centre in N ortholt, a bit further up than me, behind a park. never been there so not sure. I hope they did though.
    Evelyn S

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Evelyn S

    Evelyn S says

    Hello, just asked my daughter who is more up on these things WE like Ardal, Dougal in 'Father Ted'? She said it may have been set in Northolt but was really an d truly made in a studio and quoted that 'Friends ' was not made in New York so much as in a studio. If there were outdoor shots, they were probably of somewhere else meant to be like NOrtholt. But as I did not see it, I cannot say for certain about any outdoor shots.
    Evelyn S

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )


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