Senses working overtime #403

1 Holy mackerel

Tinned fish!

2 How New Zealand Made Edmund Hillary, the Man Who Conquered Everest

3 The Looney Tunes purge has deeper implications for culture

4 For humpback whales bubbles can be tools

5 Snow geese

Overtime: Are ‘Core Memories’ Real? The Science Behind 5 Common Myths

Senses working overtime #402

1 Jazz is freedom

2 Arr to sleep, perchance to dream

How to improve your sleep patterns.

3 Bon Iver's debut album

4 The philosophy of kaizen

5 Watching movies via the net for free.

Overtime: Soundtrack of the week

Don McGlashan's Bright November Morning

Senses working overtime #401

1 Predictions for 2023

2 Inflection points

Words and phrases to ban in 2023.

Yes!

3 Passive aggressive phrases to avoid in 2023

4 The inside story of the Queen's final day

5 Twenty albums to look for in 2023

Overtime: The coolest images of space from 2022

Senses working overtime #400

1 Road trip!

The Bixby Bridge, Big Sur

This week's edition collects some images from our road trip from Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California to Monterey, California via the coastal highway.

2 Bixby Bridge views

3 The Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo

4 Solvang

5 Big Sur Roadhouse

Overtime: Breakfast at Rae's Diner, Santa Monica

Senses working overtime #399

The combination of time spent in London, Bury, and Los Angeles during this week provided a real contrast in sensual stimuli.

Here's a short selection...

1  Palisades Park and Santa Monica beach

Jacky, Wozza, Fanfa and Drew.

2 Santa Monica

Santa Monica dinosaur fountain

3  Amoeba Music

4  Barrington Avenue and Sunset Boulevard walk

Outside 'The Ugly House'

5  Last fish and chips and mushy peas before USA

At The Three Magpies before flying to LA

Overtime:  Buckingham Palace and Caffe Nero (Upper Street)

Upper Street's home away from home - Caffe Nero.