In September, we got together at Kerry’s house to discuss “Room” by Emma Donoghue. It was Amazon’s Best of the Month September 2010. The Room is about Jack and his Ma, living in a single room. For Jack, it’s all he knows, it’s his home. For his Ma, it’s a prison where she’s been captive… Read More >>
At the end of August our book club, we met to discuss the 2nd in the trilogy by Stieg Larsson, “The Girl Who Played with Fire.” I wasn’t able to make this get together at Kathy’s house, but I had finished the book anyway and I have already read the third book. I really enjoyed… Read More >>
Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. This last week,… Read More >>
The Edinburgh Castle sits at one end of the Royal Mile, or their main street, in Edinburgh Scotland. At the opposite end is the Holyrood Palace, home of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, otherwise known as the Queen of England’s husband. Our second day in Edinburgh we started at the Edinburgh Castle, at the… Read More >>
We took the train from York, England to Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the Marriott Hotel we stayed at in Edinburgh, the Dalmahoy. Kind of cool looking, right? We spend the first afternoon in Edinburgh just walking their main street. We caught a glimpse of a bagpiper. This is St. Giles. St. Giles in Edinburgh is… Read More >>
We took a train from London to the City of York the evening before the Royal Wedding. My sissy was the consummate planner and had already bought us first class tickets. Since none of us had ever ridden the rail-system before we wanted to get there a bit early to learn our way around. We… Read More >>
One of the last topics I’m going to cover about our stay in London before heading off to York is the Tower of London. This massive stone tower at the centre of this London fortress was built in the early 1080s by William the Conqueror. It’s really a little city in itself. A Yeoman Warder… Read More >>
Towards the end of our stay in London, Val and Rob headed over to the British Museum, and we joined them a bit later in the morning as we were sleeping in, but we did make it there in time to check out some very cool things. One of the most impressive items was of… Read More >>
Last week we had book club. This month I was the host and we were discussing the book I selected called The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke. It was one of the fastest reads we’ve had so far. The discussion was great! We had 9 of us there and everyone had an opinion.… Read More >>
Towards the end of our stay in London, we planned a morning at the laundromat. We found one close to this wonderful local grocery store called Greensmiths. They were fantastic! They have this wonderful fresh produce section. While we had laundry going, we were able to get a good cup of coffee and breakfast at… Read More >>
