Monthly Archives: March 2015

Stop: Loss

Posted on 27. March 2015 by Cobblestone

My thoughts have withdrawn As if the room they are in suddenly became smaller They’ve become Brownian thoughts Bumping into walls and each other And changing direction all the time yet going nowhere It’s like the world has become bigger … Continue reading →

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Monday Motorway Music™, March 23 – Roads and Planes and Trains

Posted on 23. March 2015 by Cobblestone

Just a short drive this morning – as I was going to catch a train to go to “the other side of the country” for a meeting with a “rather large” Danish company. All the flying – and man, was … Continue reading →

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Cobblestone Cooking Music XIV – Lamb Porchetta & Risotto

Posted on 21. March 2015 by Cobblestone

I think the cut that is in use here is called a boneless (de-boned) lamb shoulder – but as so often before, translating cuts of meat is one of the most difficult things I know. Anyway, it’s a flat, broad piece … Continue reading →

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Quiet Is The Wind

Posted on 16. March 2015 by Cobblestone

”Like a leaf clings to a tree Oh my darling, cling to me” The night seemed to cling to summer In much the same way as the leaf of that song Knowing, both of them, that autumn would inevitably arrive … Continue reading →

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Cobblestone Flight Review – AKL-MEL on Quantas

Posted on 13. March 2015 by Cobblestone

  Let me say from the beginning: This trip got me and Quantas off on a wrong footing from the outset. First, online check-in twice politely directed me to check in at the airport. Which a) is not something I like … Continue reading →

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Cobblestone Flight Review: CPH-SIN-AKL on Singapore and Air New Zealand

Posted on 10. March 2015 by Cobblestone

Man, after that trip, a night in a bed was much needed! Referring back to a previous post, this trip has given me a long awaited chance to throw this particular status post up on Facebook: “Landed in SIN.” 😉 … Continue reading →

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Monday Motorway Music™, March 9 – No, Sorry – Globetrotting Instead

Posted on 9. March 2015 by Cobblestone

This Monday and next, I’ll be flying (almost literally) around the world. New Zealand & Aussie-land, here I come. Work, of course – so probably no hobbit-sightings, unfortunately. With some luck, there’ll be a CFR post or two in that trip… … Continue reading →

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CFR Traveller Tips vol. IV

Posted on 5. March 2015 by Cobblestone

After a very long delay – or maybe a holding pattern – here is vol. IV of CFR Traveller Tips. Please take your seat and fasten your seat belt… This time, the topic is on travelling light – inspired by the … Continue reading →

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You Took Your Blue Eyes…

Posted on 5. March 2015 by Cobblestone

You took your blue eyes and left Left me in a world of only gray Except for, in a cruel twist of fate, blue. How can the colour of your eyes Be the only colour left for me to find … Continue reading →

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Monday Motorway Music™, March 2 – Whatchamacallit?

Posted on 2. March 2015 by Cobblestone

You made a promise, to be faithful By all the stars up above Now you call it madness But I call it love Diana Krall, “You Call It Madness” It’s been a little like that with me and Spring, so … Continue reading →

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