CULTURE WANDER

To absolutely no one's surprise, I haven't kept up with this blog. Every time I've been to an interesting thing, I've considered what I'd write about the experience, the profound and satisfying conclusions I might draw about culture/society/life blah blah, and decided not to bother. It turns out that this happens to me roughly once a day, everything from a nice bit of graphic design on a poster to a great chat with a museum visitor at work, so if anything, not writing these things down has made me notice their frequency and their value all the more. Sutton Hoo is a particularly good example of this, as I visited on a crisp day in December when the sun was low and the Vikings didn't seem very far out of reach. But I don't think it's a crying shame that I didn't write down the thoughts I had about epic stories, or the landscape, or the (truly excellent) interpretation techniques the National Trust has produced. Maybe just go yourself, if you can, and