Archives: July, 2006

Ev — July 21, 2006, 6:02 pm

Incidentally, He Keeps His Preservatives in a Fat Sack

I was helping one of the guys on the team with his house yesterday, and I was complimenting him on reusing the turn-of-the-century exposed wood beams. Like Eric, he’s remodeling what was once a decrepit, hundred-year-old Normandy barn, and he’s kept the same wood, which gives a very homely, comfortable look.
In trying to ask […]

Ev — , 5:59 pm

No Seriously; “Comeback” Would Be A Misnomer

Hey, two posts in one week! By my recent standards, that’s an almost Shakespearean rate of output!
We play Sunday at La Guerche, a field that will always hold a fond spot in my heart as the site of my first official game in France. As always, we’re short on players, but this persistent problem […]

Ev — July 18, 2006, 4:24 pm

Back to Rouen

Sorry for the long layoff, folks. I’ve been traveling in our four weeks off, during which I managed to see Cork, Galway, the Aran Islands, Belfast, Dublin, London, Leominster Spa, Glasgow, Barcelona, Pamplona, and Bayonne. Which one of these is not like the others?
In Pamplona, I managed to run with the bulls without being […]

Ev — July 2, 2006, 8:56 pm

What I Do For You

No time for a real post here, but since I popped into an internet cafe, I figured I should at least take the opportunity to show you what most of my HBWT administrative matters boil down to. Basically, this blog has nearly 200 posts, but it’s already attracted over 10,000 comments. You’ll notice that only […]