Travel

Researching for my last literature paper at Oxford on 17th-century poet, Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, I stumbled onto the late 17th-century court of Queen Mary of Modena, consort to…

Oxford. July 3.. . . and I was having such a good day . . . a perfect rainy day to study in an ancient library, but . . .About 5…

My scolding for the day from a sour young exhibit guard—this time for taking a photo inside the exhibit of a piece of ship emblem embroidery from 1662. It was…

June 25. London.Last night, a nightmare. A huge black bird flying into my car, my ex-husband, Manuel, driving and scolding me for worrying. I was screaming, being phobic about birds anyway.…

Entry 1June 16: OxfordToday, my first trek to special collections. An edge of not knowing the procedure involved. I bussed down to High Street and found myself in a new…

Tennessee.Entry 1, June 3. QUII jubilee occurring now, hope crowds disperse by the time I get there next week. I can’t believe it. So much study could still be done, so…