My mind gets boggled when I think about all the circumstances, choices, and happenstance that led to Graham (9,371 miles from home) and me (10,435 miles away from home) meeting in the middle of the Australian outback during 10 days in the spring of 2014. I feel incredibly grateful. Friends: yesterday Graham and I tied the knot.… Continue reading Reader, I Married Him
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Antique Victorian Valentine
On my first trip to England in 2013, I visited a little secondhand / antiquarian bookshop in Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds called Evergreen Livres. I bought a couple of charming antique travel books, and while I was paying for my books I noticed a very old envelope for sale which, upon closer inspection, turned out… Continue reading Antique Victorian Valentine
Words to live by: L.M. Montgomery
In honor of Valentine’s Day eve, this week’s quote is in celebration of my favorite literary couple of all time: Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe. It’s from the third book in the extraordinarily lovely Anne series, Anne of the Island. Unlike a Jane Austen novel or a Shakespeare comedy, L.M. Montgomery didn’t end the story at… Continue reading Words to live by: L.M. Montgomery
Cards for your Bookworm Valentine
I like a low key Valentine’s Day. I don’t like to mess with the overcrowded NYC restaurants and hard to book reservations, it’s a lot of fuss for a day when all you want is to hang out with the person that you most adore. I think a nice card, maybe some flowers, a Seamless… Continue reading Cards for your Bookworm Valentine