Alan Rickman.... Breaking a hiatus shouldn't be with sad news... but here it is. I'm so sad that I feel like I'm unintelligi...

Dear Readers, Since meeting online 8 years ago and starting this blog we have learnt a lot, we have certainly made many new friends and we...

Cinderella (Lily James) and Prince Kit (Richard Madden) dancing in the 2015 Cinderella Happy Easter, everyone!   May you have the...

St. Patrick at the St. Benin Church, Kilbennan, Ireland Since St. Patrick's Day was just a few days ago, it has been on m...

An interesting email came to me last week from Ed Lefroy, a descendant from Thomas Lefroy ( see here for our Oct 2007 post ). When going thr...

That would be what Chief Justice would say. 'Never give up!' So, tomorrow is Monday, and - like many of us - I have several t...

Last night I was fortunate enough to go to see James McAvoy (yes our Becoming Jane Tom Lefroy) in a production on stage of The Ruling Class ...

It seems as though a multitude of "sickness" is going around where we are, so I wondered what Jane had to say about it.  I found ...

Dear friends, Last Saturday was Valentine's Day, so it's apt that I post something about love, which is Jane Austen's most po...

We were supposed to post this quote last weekend but I got caught up in a deadline hence I forgot to do that. My apologies to Linda, ...

The aftermath of a massive storm in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 2005 ( the Guardian.com ) I have two weather-related quotes for last ...