Hello, and welcome to The View from Atherton Court, my weekly lockdown letter to anyone who happens to feel like reading it. Atherton Court is what we call our home, because we like to be grand. It is more of a small suburban dwelling in a fairly tightly-packed suburban neighborhood… Continue reading
Ah, Sunday. Hello, blog post! Hello, Internet! Also? Hello, slightly better weather than yesterday! It is week nope-no-idea of lockdown, and things at Atherton Court have been going really well. I am going to tell you all about what we’ve been up to, but be warned! I’ve decided to try… Continue reading
Mostly Introduction, But Also Mushroom Ketchup & Ginger Snaps (The Movie) Well, April is over, but the quarantine thing is still quarantining away at Atherton Court (“our pretentious name for our unpretentious suburban dwelling” –Dept. of Re-Used Gags), and we are still more or less on our movie-a-day schedule. I… Continue reading
Swinburne, Cheese Fritters, and Movies Hello, and welcome to another exciting installment of The View From Atherton Court! In this series, I do things I am vaguely uncomfortable with (like talking about myself on the Internet, almost as if this were an actual blog or something), because I am feeling… Continue reading
Cake; Meat Pie; Also, Movies! Cake! So, week five (?) of this whole quarantine thing went pretty well. Alec’s birthday happened! He made his own cake (because I don’t really bake), but let me assure you I am helping him eat it. I am there for him, in that… Continue reading
More Movies; Improved Meat Pies I’ve been in quarantine now for around 4 weeks, I think. And you know what? It’s going well, on the whole. Not only am I not sick (which is something to be celebrated right there), but I am finding plenty to do to keep myself… Continue reading
Meat Pie and Movies It is Sunday (I think), and thus time for my post. This sort of post is a departure for me, being more blog-like than I generally go in for. Still! I am feeling chatty. I will talk about me and my week in quarantine. Actually, I’ve… Continue reading
