So Far Away Is Not So Far:  CST, EST, GMT & Skype

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So Far Away Is Not So Far: CST, EST, GMT & Skype

Many a sweet couple in a long distance relationship has of course spent an evening at home together side-by-screen. Asleep. But sometimes more action is required, and usually so is dinner. So when you're looking for more, here are some ideas for feeling closer.

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Dear Diana: She's Having a Baby

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Dear Diana: She's Having a Baby

Olympia Monthly is proud to present you with the first edition of our advice + etiquette column, DEAR DIANA. This month’s question is apt indeed for our resident goddess of childbirth, the moon, and the hunt. Also, knowing how babies appear to bend time while you’re looking at them, we also think it’s an appropriate Q for our Time Zones Issue. We hope you enjoy...

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Maps of Time

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Maps of Time

W.G. Sebald, one of our favourite writers EVER, wrote in Austerlitz, “It was only by following the course time prescribed that we could hasten through the gigantic spaces separating us from each other.”

Thus for your Monday we've compiled meditations on time (in the form of a quote, a set of historical maps, and a recommended reading list). 

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S is for Sun: Our Top Sunshines

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S is for Sun: Our Top Sunshines

We have emerged from under our cloud of GREY.  And now we're ready to bathe ourselves under a cloudless sun as we contemplate TIME ZONESand particularly the ever-lengthening days and the warm promises of an impending summer.

Maybe it's because we both hail from warmer, drier climes, only to find ourselves living on a soggy island (Barbara) or in a cloudy, landlocked corner of Northern Europe (Lydia), but here at Olympia Monthly we believe ourselves to be both connoisseurs and fans of sun and warmth.

So as semi-professionals in the business of sun worshipping - and to kick off our issue on Time Zones - we present you with a list of our favorite sunshine(s), ranging from the strong and animal, to the charmingly weak and vegetal.  In no particular order, each with a personal photo album.

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