Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link your British-themed … Continue reading →
I was pleased to see 7 members of the Diversity Book Club tonight at a non-book event. I wrote about our book club most recently last month before our annual selection meeting. Just now, I realized I’ve neglected to post … Continue reading →
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link your British-themed … Continue reading →
During our recent trip to England, we made a study of Fish and Chips. Here were our most fun experiences. Our first Fish and Chips turned out to be the ones we like the best of our whole trip. During … Continue reading →
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link your British-themed … Continue reading →
Time: // 7:44 am. The scene: // My first Sunday Salon post after our three-week trip to England. We have a touch of fall here in Missouri — yellow leaves on renewed green grass after some rain. Listening to: // The Barr Brothers — a … Continue reading →
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link your British-themed … Continue reading →
Book: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Genre: Fiction Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2012 Pages: 320 Source: Library Summary: One day, Harold Fry, a recently retired accounts manager, walks to the mailbox to deliver a letter … Continue reading →
The annual book selection and potluck meeting of the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group is this month. I’m sad that I’ll be missing it — we always have so much fun talking about the books we’ve brought to … Continue reading →
Book: London by Edward Rutherfurd Genre: Historical fiction Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication date: 1997 Pages: 1124 Source: Purchased paperback Summary: London, like Edward Rutherfurd’s other books (I’ve read Paris, Sarum, and Ireland Awakening), covers the city over a time sweep of centuries. … Continue reading →