Author Archives: Mark Rossiter

déjeuner sur l’herbe (minus naked woman)

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Louisa and Robin and I went to a concert in the Parc Floral, next to Chateau de Vincennes on the edge of Paris They have trees that aren’t planted in straight lines – in fact they aren’t planted at all, … Continue reading →

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louvre

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

well this is what everybody comes to see: If that was Venus de Milo (and the Winged victory of Samothrace, if wildly impressive, was pretty much the same), I didn’t even try the Mona Lisa. Instead, I got easily more … Continue reading →

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north

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

a low European sunrise under a band of grey sky; greenery spontaneously growing; changing patterns in the clouds; open faces in the streets; still light at 9.30 p.m.: home! Of course the machines don’t work…

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the sound of (distant) music…

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

hard to believe, amid all the madness of work, that a week from now I will be right through Paris and on to Salzburg…

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catbrain

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Jeoffrey Boycat, our boy cat (his name a combination of a Yorkshire joke and the Christopher Smart poem) spends a fair amount of time out at night catting about. One of my morning duties, along with putting on the kettle … Continue reading →

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more bad news to ignore

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Stories yesterday in the Guardian and the Independent about how carbon emissions are rising quickly again after the Great Recession, and how they will flip us into feedback loops in the Arctic within 20 years. These stories hunt in packs, … Continue reading →

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pony convention on the landing

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

I knew that playing with ponies was an important part of princess training, and I knew we had picked up a few along the way. Just exactly how many had slipped by me unawares, though, until they all got together:

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everybody’s doing it

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Talking about the death of Osama bin Laden, that is. There have been so many opinions flying around that it’s not a case of saying anything new, just picking what to agree with. Which, for me is: if you live … Continue reading →

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princessing: a serious business

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

Last weekend: Kyria kept pestering me all Friday morning to switch on the TV so she could watch the royal wedding. Eventually, a couple of hours before it was due to start, I did; she and Natasha sat rapt in … Continue reading →

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the lights are going out (but not here, yet)

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Mark Rossiter

A story by Tom Whipple in Energy Bulletin yesterday, about how South Asia is running out of power (I noticed this in Nepal when I was there in January, in Bhaktapur – the power was off for at least half … Continue reading →

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