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N. M. Bunting

Author. Sometimes photographer.

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      • A Rumor of Sickness
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    • aka Emery Sanborne
    • aka India Harper
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    • Iceland 2013
      • Prologue
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      • Day 1, The Arrival
      • Day 1, Wrap-up
      • Day 2, Sharkano
      • Day 3
      • Day 4, Waterfalling into the Wilderness
      • Day 5
      • Day 6
      • Day 7
      • Days 8-10
    • Iceland 2015
      • An Iceland State of Mind
      • Catching Up and Counting Down
      • All My Bags Are Packed
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 1 – Wednesday, July 22nd
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 2 – Thursday, July 23rd
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 3 – Friday, July 24th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 4 – Saturday, July 25th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 5 – Sunday, July 26th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 6 – Monday, July 27th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 7 – Tuesday, July 28th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 8 – Wednesday, July 29th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 9 – Thursday, July 30th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 10 – Friday, July 31
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 11 – Saturday, August 1st
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 12 – Sunday, August 2nd
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 13 – Monday, August 3rd
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 14 – Tuesday, August 4th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 15 – Wednesday, August 5th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 16 – Thursday, August 6, 2015
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 17 – Friday, August 7th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 18 – Saturday, August 8th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 19 – Sunday, August 9th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 20 – Monday, August 10th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 21 – Tuesday, August 11th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 22 – Wednesday, August 12th
      • Epic Iceland 2015, Day 23 – Thursday, August 13th | Last Day
    • Travels with Loki

Category: Distractions

N. M. BuntingApril 19, 2017DistractionsLeave a comment

The Return of Nik’s Speculation Corner – Doctor Who, S10

Or creation of. IDEK.  Once upon a time, back on LJ, and in my early days in the Doctor Who fandom (and before that, Buffy), I used to write post-ep entries that tended to have crazy speculation in the early parts of the season/series. The start of a new season/series is always a time of […]

N. M. BuntingFebruary 7, 2017DistractionsLeave a comment

Impressive / Witty Title Here

Looking at my current bank of vacation time (125 hours, I shit you not; but if you know me, this also shouldn’t be a surprise) plus the fact it’s an odd year, and I realize it’s time I started thinking about planning a big vacation. Not quite Epic Iceland 2015 caliber, but…something. Big vacation is […]

N. M. BuntingNovember 12, 2016November 12, 2016DistractionsLeave a comment

Nik’s Pepper Pot Assorted Veg Soup

Recently I ate at the City Tavern with visiting family and had some of the DELICIOUS Indian Pepper Pot Soup. I decided that, hell, let’s see what kind of recipes are out there. There’s a bunch. This is nothing like the Tavern’s soup and a bit of a mish mash of various recipes. Basically, it’s […]

N. M. BuntingSeptember 6, 2016September 6, 2016DistractionsLeave a comment

Sometimes Bad Guys Are the Only Good Guys You Get

Aside from my trip up to the ‘burbs to hang out with Steph on Saturday and experiencing horrific traffic in the city when she went above and beyond and drove me home because SEPTA fucked up the train schedule and the next/last train wasn’t leaving until 11:36 pm, I spend most of my long weekend […]

N. M. BuntingAugust 4, 2016July 7, 2016#throwbackthursdayLeave a comment

Shall We Dance Carefree?

Originally posted on emerysanborne.com on March 11, 2013. Also the first, and only, blog post to earn me an internet troll comment. Yay? FYI, I’ve still never watched Vernon and Irene Castle or The Barkleys of Broadway, and I’m not sure that I ever will. I managed to fit two more Astaire and Rogers flicks in for the […]

N. M. BuntingAugust 3, 2016DistractionsLeave a comment

Bits, Bobs, and Back to the Grind

I was doing so well there for a couple weeks. While it’s not Monday, a late post is better than no post at all. Spent a week in Michigan for vacation this year. It was good spending time with Mom and other family. The weather was mostly hot. You didn’t used to have to run […]

N. M. BuntingJuly 28, 2016July 7, 2016#throwbackthursdayLeave a comment

What Time is It? Swing Time!

Originally posted on emerysanborne.com on March 10, 2013. Well, Astaire and Rogers time. After a year and a half lapse, I’ve resumed working my way through the Astaire and Rogers ouvre. Last weekend was Roberta, Top Hat, and Follow The Fleet; this weekend has so far been Swing Time and likely followed by Shall We Dance […]

N. M. BuntingJuly 21, 2016July 7, 2016#throwbackthursdayLeave a comment

How Not to Woo a Girl

Originally posted on emerysanborne.com on October 10, 2011. Continuing with my Astaire and Rogers (re)watch, next in line was The Gay Divorcee, their second film together and first time as leads. This one I had seen before, a few times, and still found it enjoyable. And in addition to Eric Blore who pops up in […]

N. M. BuntingJuly 18, 2016DistractionsLeave a comment

No, I’m Not Taking Up Mountain Climbing

But it seems to be the type of books I’m drawn to at the moment. Yes, I’ve been reading actual books again. All Everest-centric. It started with Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, which I’d been meaning to read for ages. I’m a sucker for a cold-based survival tale, like my Northwest Passage and Franklin Expedition […]

N. M. BuntingJuly 14, 2016July 7, 2016#throwbackthursdayLeave a comment

Flying Down to Rio

Originally posted on emerysanborne.com on October 8, 2011. I finally broke down and bought the two volume Fed Astaire and Ginger Rogers collection (much cheaper than the complete collection of all the movies together, go figure). I’ve seen six of their ten films, first on AMC when it was American Movie Classics in more than […]

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