This week: Yorkshire!
This week I’m in Yorkshire and Teeside. I’ll be spending most of my time with family and friends. But I’m also doing…
Read moreMonth: September 2014
Don’t experiment on guests
A conversation we had in our house many years ago: “I think I’ll try that brand new recipe when so-and-so and such-and-such…
Read moreGrief and its anniversaries
Today is the 26th anniversary of my little sister Helena’s death. This is a repost from four years ago. Nicola and Helena,…
Read moreBirthdays and webs
Today is as brilliant as any in early summer. But the air has that sharp clarity of autumn, and the spiders are…
Read moreMiscellaneous links
Three things: Two juicy reviews: The Critical Flame:“Virginia Woolf’s Mistress Joan, on the pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham,…
Read moreTeaching HILD
I’ve been hearing about colleges in the US and UK that are teaching Hild from a variety of perspectives: history of English, gender…
Read moreEvening lake
We had dinner at a friend’s the other night high above Lake Washington (on the Seattle side). Fine Rioja, delicious Korean beef,…
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