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 […]

This is for BCA, ICA, anc CCA.  You can add to the list here or email me.  Audiobooks count. PLUM LOVE (A Stephanie Plum novel)  Janet Evanovich HOT SIX   Same (Aunt Janet got me started on these–she’s a bounty hunter from NJ)  In Process–A ROOM CALLED REMEMBER  Frederick Buechner (writings on faith–he is astounding)                        ANIMAL, […]

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 […]

We headed out via taxi (van) after having said morning prayer with Jerome and Janet and went to Edenbridge Town where we caught a train to London. Because it was after 10 we got off peak tickets for five pounds fifty which took us on the train, the bus, and the tube. Great deal! We […]

We were up early and drove to Leigh on Sea wtih Judy and Charles. We stopped at their flat (very cute–1 bedroom, living room, kitchen and bath) then walked to Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church for Palm Sunday Mass. we began with palms and procession from outside. It was a very old church–prety stained […]

We arrived at Gatwick Airport about 10 a.m. Judy and Charlie, friends of Jerome, met us with their van. Brendan was at Gatwick also. It was so good to see him. They brought us all back to Hever Hotel in Kent (the Garden of England). The hotel was located a mile from Hever Castle which […]