Apple#101 Who would have thought that after these 101 days away from home I would step out of my usual habits and ideas and hobbies and...

Apple#98 Today we joined in a historic march in New York City, one that aligned us with hundreds and thousands of fellow humans marching...

Apple#88 We woke to a sky and a street full of swirling snow, and for most of the daylight hours were treated to this transformed...

Apple#85 Disappointed, I am. (Watched Star Wars, I have) I have faithfully eaten an apple a day for over 80 days now, and have, despite...

Apple#84 When the star arose there was much excitement among the gazers about what it might mean and how to explain its appearance. They...

Apple#74 Today we spent the afternoon helping out in the Food Bank for New York City, in Harlem. It was Lois's idea for a family outing,...

Apple #70 Listen, if you can, to this amazing carol, one of my all-time favourite arrangements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azSVHUBHQ...

Apple #67 New York City is bustling with Christmas preparations and there are lovely “Holiday Markets” in many open air parks and other...

Apple#65 Yesterday I bought an apple from Wholefoods, my new go-to supermarket. Large, brownish-goldish speckled skin, an unusual looking...

Apple#63 I have been keeping my eye on the availability of apples, of course, since this project began, and have really enjoyed buying...

Apple#62 We landed on US soil 10 days ago, and it has been a whirlwind introduction to NY city life. Health warning: please sit! Reading...

Apple#57 Warm apple cider in Made Fresh Daily, 226 Front Street, New York 10038. Just smooth, sweet, fresh and gooooooood.

Apple#54 I noticed that the trees whose golden autumn garments (cloak or dress or petticoats?) no longer drape their limbs but droop in...

Apple#52 After all the sorting and packing and agonising and waiting and hassling and wondering if … today we flew to New York! It hasn’t...

Apple#50 Okay so yesterday’s rave revealed to me that my patience has worn thin: not, I believe, in grit-my-teeth-with-unexpressed anger,...

Apple#49 It's not that we are not grateful for the prospect of being allowed to enter the US to live there for a year, but there's no...

Apple#48 I came across this sweet little couplet from a Psalm this evening, and I just like it. I'm feeling aggravated and drained by the...

Apple#38 Many people discover that a gap year (taken at any stage of life) does unexpected and wonderful things to their sense of...

Apple#33 As we all know, a young man called Isaac Newton once had an striking experience with an apple: he was sitting on a bench having...

Apple#46 Our visa has been granted; we are on our way to the Big Apple! The apple I ate today was not especially big, but gently and...