Maisie Visiting Heifer…
Maisie Visiting Heifer…
/ February 11, 2024 0 COMMENTS
There are a lot of fields surrounding us but since our land is bordered with trees ...
Commenting…
/ July 19, 2011 0 COMMENTS
I read somewhere today, while researching for my show, that we should comment on each other’s posts. The few words of encouragement draws people in and perhaps spurs them on to ...
Personal Belongings…
/ July 18, 2011 0 COMMENTS
On the trains, buses and trams we are challenged by the unusual use of words instructing us to do certain things while we make our journey into town. “Please keep an eye on your ...
Oyster…
/ July 17, 2011 0 COMMENTS
I’ve talked about public transportation in England and how great it is, well it has always been good, even when I was a child and my grandmother and I would go to market.  Back ...
A Fall…
/ July 16, 2011 0 COMMENTS
Each night, Malia and I have a ritual.  We take out the rubbish to the dustbins.  We’ve done this since our first visit last year.  I don’t know why we attach so much ...
Happy Birthday Paris…
/ July 14, 2011 0 COMMENTS
Twenty-two years ago today I was ready to meet my first daughter.  I was excited, I had a flashy brooch that spelled out her name pinned to the lapel of any jacket or shirt I was ...
Driving License…
/ July 13, 2011 0 COMMENTS
I didn’t learn to drive until I was 24.  Why should I?  I’d lived in London all through my late teens and early twenties and it was crazy to maintain a car in the city with ...
An English Country Garden…
/ July 12, 2011 0 COMMENTS
My children and friends and life are home on the range but my roots are still embedded here on “England’s green and pleasant land,” prophetic words written by William ...
Raindrops On Roses…
/ July 11, 2011 0 COMMENTS
It hardly seems possible that although we are sharing the same season in the Western hemisphere our temperatures are vastly different.  Hubsie and I were out walking this evening and ...
Old Papers…
/ July 10, 2011 0 COMMENTS
There is a shelf in Malia’s cupboard that I hadn’t got to yet. Today I conquered it.  She was at work so I just pulled up a chair and unloaded everything onto her bed and ...
Chips are Fries are Chips…
/ July 9, 2011 0 COMMENTS
Hubby keeps forgetting that chips are fries in England.  He especially draws disappointed comments from the boys, Samuel and Nathaniel, when he make this vocabulary faux pas.  He teases ...