One Beethoven
During this trip to Bonn, I’ve visited the house where Beethoven was born (Beethoven-Haus Bonn), his baptismal font (at St. …
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The Idyllic Island (#ReadingLanternHill)
At first, Jane doesn’t want to leave her mother to travel to Prince Edward Island—even though she dislikes living in …
Back in Bonn with Bethie, #ReadingLanternHill
My sister Bethie and I are reading L.M. Montgomery’s Jane of Lantern Hill and I hope you’ll join us! As …
“Holding true to herself”
I’ve just finished reading Maira Kalman’s beautiful book Women Holding Things. (My friend Lisa recommended it to me, and we …
I Feel Sorry For My Books
My friend Susan Kerslake told me recently that she feels sorry for the books she’s bought. I asked if she’d …
“Old Rusty Metal Things”
Today I’m delighted to share a poem by my friend Sandra Barry, entitled “Old Rusty Metal Things.” Sandra is a …
“The writing of sponge-cakes”
“I’m that person who finds the purchase of a sponge-cake to be delightful.” I’m quoting Shawna Lemay, whose novel Everything …
“Secrets that everyone knows”
“Reality is full of secrets that everyone knows and refuses to acknowledge,” says Xaviere in Shawna Lemay’s novel Everything Affects …
The Last Phone Booth
When I read about the “world’s smallest Austen museum” in a red telephone box in Steventon, Hampshire, in a recent …
Down to the Sea
“… the next thing to be done was unquestionably to walk directly down to the sea.” – Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1818), Volume …
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