I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it. - - - I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and… Continue reading Quotables – Fascinating Work, Slaving Away and Poetical Landscapes
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Fancy an Adventure?
Christmas time. A time for gifts - to celebrate the giving of the greatest Gift of all. So, methought, why don't I - as a Christmas gift to all those who read this blog - do some technological thingy-bob-things and give you Our Intrepid Heroine. From today to Friday, Our Intrepid Heroine is yours for… Continue reading Fancy an Adventure?
Recountings: A bone! I have a bone to pick!
Mary Stewart is a favourite of mine. However, I have a bone to pick with her. Oh, and what is below has spoilers. You have been warned. This isn't a review. It's a Recounting. First, the blurb from Goodreads. (One must always have a blurb.) Lovely Vanessa March, two years married and very much in… Continue reading Recountings: A bone! I have a bone to pick!
The Traveller Returns!
I had to give up several items of clothing, a pair of shoes and an hairbrush, but I did it; with only a handbag and a carry on case I brought nineteen books home with me. They* say that travelling broadens the mind and enriches the pen. They could be correct. As I looked out… Continue reading The Traveller Returns!
Bookish Influences – Real-Life Tales and Conflicting Opinions
Have you ever felt the urge to stand high up on a mountain, face a night of freezing cold, sleet and snow all the while staring heroically out into the distance? No? Well you obviously haven't read Rora then. Rora by James Byron Huggins I can remember when I first read this. The copy in… Continue reading Bookish Influences – Real-Life Tales and Conflicting Opinions
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