A Little Bit of British from Across The Pond

A Brit girl living in Penn's Woods, with an Off-Grid Cottage in the North Country. For lovers of gardening, books, crochet, teatime, travel, most of all kindred spirits.

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Saturday So

Hi Dear Folk, The better part of the winter has gone and I've just managed to change to a banner more suited to the season. Satu...

Friday, January 26, 2018

Camera Shopping and Lunch

Hi Dear Folk, Where has the week gone? I don't know and here we are at Friday which is a sunny cold day here. Reaching back a week t...

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Love Among The Ruins

Hi Dear Folk, I ran across this film from 1975 Love Among The Ruins, with Sir Laurence Olivier and Katharine Hepburn, it's almost li...

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Carrie's War

Hi Dear Folk, I do like the film Carrie's War and it is available to view on YouTube which is great. I watched it on one of those sn...

Friday, January 12, 2018

In The End

Hi Dear Folk, Friday and it's 62F, everything is melting, but there's still some ice on the river as I go by on the train and it ...

Yes I Remember This Winter 1962 - 1963 UK The Big Freeze

Hi Dear Folk, I was watching Call The Midwife the XMAS 1962 episode, depicting the terrible snowstorms that hit the UK I remember that ...

John Le Carre The Biography by Adam Sisman

Hi Dear Folk, John Le Carre The Biography by Adam Sisman. This book is 600 pages long. I'm sure most people are familiar with John...

Saturday, January 6, 2018

I Tried To Keep Positive

Hi Dear Folk, I think yesterday was my worst commuting day to Philly in the year I have been traveling to work by train. I already told ...

Friday, January 5, 2018

Life Happens

Hi Dear Folk, What a day, just getting into work was a trek. Arrive at the station and find out from a SEPTA person that all trains are ...

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Zahav, Cooking Israeli

Hi Dear Folk, From my Zahav cookbook, what we made last week. Tierney and I had a cooking afternoon together, it was fun. This is the ...

Monday, January 1, 2018

2018

Hi Dear Folk, Just wanted to say thank you for those who follow my blog, share their thoughts, their hearts and their passions. I am to...

My Little Woodland Tales Agenda Notebook

Hi Dear Folk, My little Woodland Tales book for the coming year. I'm still trying to decide if I want to keep a journal as well, as ...

New year's Day A Going Away Dinner

Hi Dear Folk, Tierney is catching her flight back to Boston and I thought I'd have a nice going away dinner, typical roast chicken an...

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Once I Was

Hi Dear Folk, I had plans for this morning but they were cancelled because of the snow which is still coming down. So I decided to hunker...

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Eating Israeli Food

Hi Dear Folk, It’s freezing over here 15 Fahrenheit, cold and with a wind. I’m wearing a Peruvian jumper I bought at the thrift, just to...

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Panamanian Potato Salad

Hi Dear Folk, I was talking with my friend who is originally from Puerto Rico, and came to the States as a child. Her family were recent...

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Summer's Day Dream By J. B. Priestley

Summer's Day Dream By J. B. Priestly I stumbled across a few of J. B. Priestley's plays on You Tube. An Inspector Calls, Time an...

Man Was Made for Joy and Woe, William Blake

“Man was made for joy and woe Then when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine A clothing for th...

Sunday, December 17, 2017

The Clattering Train by Edwin James Milliken

Who is in charge of the clattering train? The axles creak, and the couplings strain. For the pace is hot, and the points are near, And S...

Saturday, December 16, 2017

It's Saturday Blue Skies and Snow

Hi Dear Folk, The sun is shining, skies are blue, snow is sparkling and I am drinking coffee in the Simla room from my red Yellowstone Pa...

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