Part Three (Many people let me know how they have learned lessons from things that have happened in my life. People have told me that after Wayne died, they realized how important a network of friends, family and church community support can be during a time of tragedy. I agree. When Joe died suddenly, I […]

Today I had a colonoscopy. When I told people that I was to have this done, they asked, “Is something wrong?” Now, if there was something wrong, do you think they would want to hear details such as these? Of course, perhaps they didn’t want to hear that I was having one done in the […]

So today I went to an antique sale in Burlington, Kentucky with my new friend Jerry and when I got back to Sharon and Mike’s where I am helping KK house-sit, there was a tree down in their yard! It looked like it was rotten, but still. . . The same thing happened to Jerome […]

So Martha says, “Joan, there’s this guy that is a patient (at her dentist office) that Jackie and I think should ask you out. Can I give him your number?” Me: Did you tell him I killed two husbands? Mar: Ha. Me: Oh, go ahead. Who would call a 57 year-old, twice-widowed librarian? Two weeks […]

Not too much to say here. Charles and Judy took us to the Gatwick where we were met by Brendan. Caitlan left with him to spend Easter together. A bit of a tearful good-by. We had extra time after we got through security to do a little shopping. Jerome bought some special Scotch and then […]

Good Friday. Thank you, Lord, or the gift of your Son. Today Judy and Charles came at 10 a.m., and we headed out to Leeds Castle after a breakfast of tea and fish sandwiches. Leeds Castle was crowded because it was a holiday, so we had to queue up to get in. Once you have […]

Today was hiking day. We ate brunch at Jerome’s and Janet’s (our baguettes) and hiked around the golf course to the Wheatsheaf pub in bough Beech. It was a beautiful day–bright and sunny. We stopped for J2O for KK, ale and beer for Jerome and me, and wine for Janet. Then more hiking to Chiddingstone […]

This was our whirlwind tour of Oxford day. We spent a lot of time on trains. We would have left earlier but couldn’t get a taxi from Hever Hotel until later. Then we went from Edenbridge to Redhill to Reading to Oxford with some fast runs and a few missed trains in between. Luckily there’s […]

Quite amazing day. We slept in late and then went to J & J’s room where we brunched on fruit, cheese, hummus, and muffin. KK down-loaded all our pictures to her laptop. Then we started walking down Hever Road. It was a little scary because some places in the road had no shoulder. It was […]