Wonderful, thank you. I love the bit about getting older of being interested in how a table has been made. No one tells you this but it’s true. I’m interested in the name for a cup handle side street, lower than the main road and linking back to the street again.
Frontage road, with houses lower than the road in an avenue that’s not an avenue. Usually with a retaining wall on one side, houses on the other. Possibly a New Zealand thing!
Exactly! That's what we call them in the US as well, and they look like that here too. Frontage roads paralleling big freeways and the entrance/exits/overpasses thereof often don't have houses built right up to them. But they are clearly labeled as frontage roads just the same, as a heads up to tell you "Pay attention to the signs after this if you hope to get where you actually set out for."
It was literally the only word that came to mind.
So since Sue has received the term from both hemispheres, I hope that's the one she wanted. At least it's what we colonials call it.
This is the kind of writing that reminds me how much richness lives in the overlooked. You’ve turned cancelled plans, hedgehog politics, duffle coats, and train chatter into art. Somewhere between a mistyped email and a misty ped, I felt like the world got funnier, sadder, and more alive. Thank you for this strange and steady brilliance.
Wonderful, thank you. I love the bit about getting older of being interested in how a table has been made. No one tells you this but it’s true. I’m interested in the name for a cup handle side street, lower than the main road and linking back to the street again.
Frontage road? Or is that just for highways?
Frontage road, with houses lower than the road in an avenue that’s not an avenue. Usually with a retaining wall on one side, houses on the other. Possibly a New Zealand thing!
Exactly! That's what we call them in the US as well, and they look like that here too. Frontage roads paralleling big freeways and the entrance/exits/overpasses thereof often don't have houses built right up to them. But they are clearly labeled as frontage roads just the same, as a heads up to tell you "Pay attention to the signs after this if you hope to get where you actually set out for."
It was literally the only word that came to mind.
So since Sue has received the term from both hemispheres, I hope that's the one she wanted. At least it's what we colonials call it.
This is the kind of writing that reminds me how much richness lives in the overlooked. You’ve turned cancelled plans, hedgehog politics, duffle coats, and train chatter into art. Somewhere between a mistyped email and a misty ped, I felt like the world got funnier, sadder, and more alive. Thank you for this strange and steady brilliance.
So kind of you to say so. Thank you! Unsurprisingly Misty Ped also made it into my new novel!
I hope that something was done about the bullying hedgehog. There’s really no excuse for that type of behavior. ☺️ All the bees!
This was a brilliant read. Thank you so much.
Thanks Kate!
Not as bad as forgetting who you're emailing and signing off with lots of love xx Mortified.