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	<title>London Calling</title>
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	<description>Minding the Gap From Here to California...</description>
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		<title>History comes alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve been a sorry excuse for a blogger lately, it seemed fair to refer interested readers&#8211;all three of you&#8211;to the blog of Samuel Pepys.  Not exactly current events, but you&#8217;d be hard-pressed to find a better account of daily life in London.  Enjoy&#8230;
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		<title>And a child shall lead them&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[          Photo courtesy of Maya, age 5
We&#8217;ve just concluded a wonderful visit with family from the states.  My 8 year old neice, Nell, has captured the details of her trip in a wonderfully executed blog.  Her nightly diligence has forced me to confront the slacker within.  Not a pretty sight, though her blog sure is.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=48</link>
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		<title>A Gentleman&#8217;s Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve spent the last 9 months living within bowling distance of Lord&#8217;s Cricket Ground.  Sadly, the Cricket season ended soon after our Autumn arrival and Lord&#8217;s has remained dormant until recently.  Monday was my introduction to the English national pastime.  The setting was day 5 of a test match between England and the West Indies.  All the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=47</link>
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		<title>Abbey Road Revisited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching tourists have their photo taken at the iconic Abbey Road crosswalk has become a standard part of our walks to and from school.  We swear as they hold up traffic, snicker as they shoot their photo from the wrong direction, and marvel at their occassional creativity&#8211;a quartet doing handstands across the zebra stripes.  After several hundred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=46</link>
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		<title>Haikus to Spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Puddle on pavement
Fragrant blossom hides blue sky
Could this be London? 

London sun so rare
This year light and warmth to spare
Global warming comes
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		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=45</link>
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		<title>The Knowledge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Living without a car has turned us into devotees of the London public transport system.  However, we do find ourselves hopping into a taxi on occasion.  The iconic London Black Cab, descended from the horse-drawn Hackney carriages of the Empire&#8217;s heyday, are the publicly sanctioned conveyance of choice in this city.  Black Cab drivers are invariably courteous, entertaining, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=44</link>
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		<title>Spring is in the air, and a middle-aged dad&#8217;s mind turns to&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Softball???  Yup. Gotta keep these young city girls busy.
Thanks to the local youth sports organization, London Sports, we ex-pat dads can live out our weekend warrior fantasies, vicariously, through our children.  in addition to seasonal soccer and basketball, London Sports sponsors weekend softball and little league for kids, age 6-13, in the balmy spring months.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=42</link>
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		<title>The King&#8217;s Troop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The distinct odor of horse manure hovered over St. John&#8217;s Wood this morning, a sign that the King&#8217;s Troop Royal Horse Artillery is afoot.  Barracked and stabled here on and off since the Napoleonic wars, this regiment exists primarily for ceremonial functions.  Their annual calendar includes the Lord Mayor&#8217;s Parade, Remembrance Day, and the Queen&#8217;s Birthday.  We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=41</link>
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		<title>Ode to a Somerset Village&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pitcombe, Kewstoke, Shipham, Cheddar.
Bagborough, Nailsea, Redcliff Bay.
Portishead, Blagdon, Halse, Chew Magna.
Winscombe, Fivehead, Wootton Courtenay.
Axbridge, Shapwick, Huish Episcopi.
Haselbury Plucknett, Weston-Super-Mare.
Ditcheat, Fivehead, Evercreech, Combwich.
Withypool, Nether Stowey, Rorlock Weir.
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		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=40</link>
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		<title>More News&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another short and sweet Guardian gem not to be missed, Guy Browning&#8217;s &#8220;How to&#8230;&#8221; column.  This week, keeping it simple&#8230;
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		<link>http://blog.jumpordive.com/?p=39</link>
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