England

Happy St Patrick’s Day, from me and my Irish lad

I don’t know about you guys but I’m a little sick of the constant promo. I’m in the middle of my blog tour, and I’ve written guest posts, tweeted links, had chats on Facebook, and I’m completely bored with me, me, me. So I’m going to do the unthinkable and write about something that’s not […] Read more…

A visit to Bath in Winter

The River Avon at dusk I visited Bath the other day, not my first visit, but my first visit in the winter. Bath is a lovely town, and that beauty isn’t diminished by the “headache gray” skies of winter. The Portland stone buildings glow even under the dingy light of early January. Christmas lights dazzle […] Read more…

Roald Dahl: Every writer has a secret compartment in his brain

Roald Dahl’s very big imagination comes from a “secret compartment in his brain.” On Friday we visited the Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden.  The museum tells the story of the children’s author, from his prank-filled childhood to his career as a pilot during WWII to his beginnings as a writer. His writing hut has […] Read more…

Snow in southern England

Southern England doesn’t get much snow, but in the last couple of years we’ve woken up to snow more than once.  I love a snowy morning, before the snow drops from the tree limbs. This is the view from my bedroom window this morning. Last night we got about two inches of snow, on top […] Read more…

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