How Rain Dodging Came to Be
Two blogs ago, I wrote about my current writing progression for Rain Dodging. But where did the book’s idea come from? Working on my second master’s degree, I was blessed to…
Heaven on Earth: The Art Institute of Chicago
Part II of my blog about my adventure in Chicago last week focuses on my day at the Art Institute of Chicago: When I made online reservations from home for…
“Chicago, Chicago, that Toddling Town”
Chicago, Chicago, that Toddling Town by Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart, popularized by Frank Sinatra Chicago, Chicago that toddling townChicago, Chicago I will show you aroundBet your bottom dollar you…
Pimms and Possibilities
Oh, yum! While editing Rain Dodging, I couldn’t help but notice how often I imbibed a Pimms & Lemonade: Stopping at a quaint pub, I descended three stone steps and sat…
How the Book Got Its Name
Entry 1 July 14-16, Kent & St. Albans, Hertfordshire My last morning in Kent. After breakfast and settling my bill at the little inn where I so pleasantly stayed for 3 nights,…
Two Blokes and a Roman Ruin
Entry 1 July 12, British Channel, Calais France The ferry to Calais was fun. Sun shining but you could tell the clouds were on their way from the east, just as predicted.…
It’s Time to Talk about Mary of Modena, the queen of Rain Dodging.
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…
Banana Peels and Slippery Steps at The Bodleian Library
Oxford. July 3.. . . and I was having such a good day . . . a perfect rainy day to study in an ancient library, but . . .About 5…
London Calling
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…