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 ...

Over the past two weeks I have been fortunate enough to be asked twice to be a bridesmaid at two dear friends weddings over the next year. I...

Source: this site The world seems to be witnessing a lot of deaths these days. Of course, people die everyday. But the last two mont...

The late Mollie Sugden (1922-2009) who played Mrs Goddard in Emma 1972 This quote is taken from Emma, Chapter 3: Mrs. Goddard was...

I was supposed to post something last Sunday; I meant to post something about the end of a chapter (Year End) and then let Linda post som...