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For the first time this contract, I actually went outside!<\/p>\nFor the first time this contract, I actually went outside!<\/p>\n
Port Stanley may not be much of a stop in most people\u2019s books, but it\u2019s one I try not to miss. It reminds me of things. Being as how it\u2019s a British territory, it feels like home as in England, and being as how it\u2019s a seaport it feels like home as in real<\/em> home. It smells fresh and the air is clean and the food is yummy\u2026<\/p>\n And oh yes, everywhere you look there are penguins.<\/p>\n Penguin socks, penguin shoes, scarves, even a penguin Pandora charm which I am kind of kicking myself for not getting because it was inexpensive and utterly adorable. Maybe if there\u2019s a next time!<\/p>\n It was nice to finally get out. I have been very solitary and self contained so far this contract \u2013 in great part because of the heat. But getting out into the windswept little town today did me a world of good \u2026even going so far as to get my appetite back. This is a very good thing.<\/p>\n Also, had the random discovery that Roast Chicken pringles actually taste surprisingly good, who knew?<\/p>\n On a more serious note than local potato crisps, I finally went into the Catherdral in Port Stanley, it seems to me that I should have been inside it before, but I don\u2019t\u2019 seem to recall doing so, though I\u2019m sure if I checked my photograph archive I would find that I had a record that contradicts my memory. But I\u2019m sure I would remember a church that has a scent that is so very much like an antique book shop. It was almost surreal, I found myself looking around as I walked in for shelves, because that what it seemed should be there, rows and rows and rows of ancient parchment waiting to be rediscovered. This is not the scent I have come to associate with cathedrals. Cathedrals smell of stone, of candlewax and human triumph, of wood polish and incense and a million other things, but they do not smell of books<\/em>. Except this one. This one smelled of books. Which had the side effect of making me just want to curl up in a corner of a pew and read\u2026<\/p>\n I\u2019m not sure what the holy family might of thought of such an action though\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the first time this contract, I actually went outside! Port Stanley may not be much of a stop in most people\u2019s books, but it\u2019s one I try not to miss. It reminds me of things. Being as how it\u2019s … Continue reading