Sick and Sicker
I don’t know whether it was all the traveling, but whatever Robin picked up on the ferry and gave to me hasn’t left yet. No, it’s not...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Flying through France
Hey Epic Human, When I left off last time, we were beginning to make our way across France to our final pet-/house-sitting destination on...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Oct 2, 20231 min read
For Better or For Worse
Hey Epic Human, When we approach Venice, my husband gets sick. I’m not joking! Normally he is healthy as a horse, but twice now—just as...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Sep 26, 20231 min read
Transition Time
Hey Epic Human, What a time I've had! This last month was dedicated to tying up loose ends, squeezing in last-minute sightseeing, packing...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Sep 16, 20231 min read
Lazarus & Individuation
Hey Epic Human, An American broadcaster named Paul Harvey used to present a regular program titled “Rest of the Story.” Invariably he...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Visiting the Byzantine Museum in Geroskipou, Cyprus
Hey Epic Human, It has been a ridiculously long time since I’ve posted. Let’s blame it on technical problems for wont of a better excuse....
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Jun 9, 20231 min read
The Monster Returns to Life
Hey Epic Human, I took a break from writing my travelogues because they were a lot of work! They were taking hours to assemble, and it...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Jan 15, 202316 min read
Cambridgeshire Cathedral Crawling
Lots of things are happening this week, and changes are rolling over the horizon. The homeowners of the house we’re currently sitting for...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Jan 7, 20238 min read
Stained Glass and Other Marvels
Zero-to-sixty in no time flat! That’s how it feels coming back from the holiday break. We have been making up for our down-time in a big...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Dec 31, 20225 min read
New Year and New Challenges
Like most people, the week between Christmas and New Year was fairly quiet and many sites are closed. We feasted on Leon’s Chopped Salad...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Dec 24, 20225 min read
Quiet Christmas
Leading up to Christmas it was relatively quiet for us. We had a little excitement when Ozzie came into the house after one of his...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Dec 17, 20229 min read
East Anglia Outings
Well, rat! ← No, I didn’t misspell it. There was only one rat. Ozzie got exceptionally generous with Robin and gifted him one dead rat....
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Dec 10, 202210 min read
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
Once again, I’ll lead with an update on this week’s mouse score: there are no changes since last week, alive or otherwise. Yaayyy! This...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Dec 3, 20224 min read
Catch-Up not Ketchup
Let's have the mouse score first: we added 3 more LIVE mice to the scoreboard this week and one dead mouse. Robin had the joy of...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Nov 26, 202214 min read
Oodles of Gratitude
Let’s get the important stuff handled first: I hope my American friends had a lovely Thanksgiving! A meme is going around which states: I...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Nov 19, 202213 min read
Protection and Peregrination
We said our wistful goodbyes to Terry, the gorgeous, temperamental fashion-model Burmese, bundled the last of our things into the car,...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Nov 12, 20229 min read
Pre-Raphaelite Madness and Other Things
I’m picking up the tale where I left off last time. To set the scene, we tune in to Kenilworth, where we are taking care of the...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Nov 5, 202210 min read
Pre-Raphaelites and Other Glories
As I mentioned last week, we departed Newcastle and then spent 9 hours on the road heading south—with a brief deviation to Eyam. If...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Oct 29, 202216 min read
Gosforth Northumbria Whirlwind (Part 2)
I will pick up our adventure in the area of Newcastle from where we left off last time. If you didn’t read part 1, you can catch up with...
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Dr. Vicky Jo
Oct 23, 202212 min read
Gosforth Northumbria Whirlwind (Part 1)
We said tearful au revoirs to Edie Rue, Mackerel, and Ginger, and promptly zoomed off to Newcastle-on-Tyne, where Robin had arranged a...
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