Shelley's House

One of the many benefits of researching the lives of interesting historical people is that one discovers the oddest things one never knew th...

You know how you  talk about something and you use a word that someone else thinks has a different name?  I'm really thankful to the int...

One of the more satisfying aspects of reading biographies instead of novels (though I do like them, too) is that the story sometimes continu...

I wrote not long ago about the library selling many of its books at shockingly low prices.  It has since been revealed that the current Cen...

This 'tasteful' selection of wax and plastic fruit on the three tiered etched glass cake stand is what was displayed on my Grandmo...

This is the third and last post about our day out at Kirkharle.  (You can find Part One and Part Two at these links.)  There were two ot...

We're continuing on with our visit to the hamlet of Kirkharle, which started yesterday . The latest big thing at Kirkharle seemed to b...