Posies and leave-taking
Gaia, a friend of my 9-year-old daughter Meg, thrusts a gorgeous bunch of beautifully wrapped flowers into my hands outside …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Inland Sea: Wind whistling through the winter barley
There are few things in the middle of the country–even such a relatively small one as England where it’s said …
I really really like my daughter’s boyfriend (but please don’t let her know)
I had the first inkling that I’d like CJ even before he and my 17-year-old daughter Katie “got together.” CJ …
I really really like my daughter’s boyfriend (but please don’t let her know)
I had the first inkling that I’d like CJ even before he and my 17-year-old daughter Katie “got together.” CJ …
Letting go and emotional rescue
“Mommy?” My 17-year-old daughter Katie’s voice is clipped and tense over the phone. She isn’t using her usual sing-song “Mommmmeeeee,” …
The flotilla of “little boats,” Dunkirk, 1940
The evacuation of Dunkirk in which 338,000 British troops were rescued from the Nazi onslaught in June 1940 by the “little …
Why We Loved the Queen Mum
1. Because after the Nazis came close to killing her and her husband King George VI when they bombed Buckingham …
Beacons across Britain: the Spanish Armada and the Queen’s Jubilee
In 1588, when the 151 ships of the Spanish Armada arrived off the coast with the intention of invading England …
The Queen’s Jubilee: the flotilla of boats on the Thames
Photograph from the Guardian It was a cold, rainy day in London for the flotilla of boats celebrating the Jubilee, …
Why We Love the Queen
Why We Love the Queen 1. She keeps calm and carries on. 2. She is who she is, with no …
The Year of Living Englishly 