July promises to be a wonderful month for watching sport. The sport has already started with the beginning of Wimbledon. Although I generally don’t watch the tennis there are a few Australians I will be following, in particular Samantha Stosur. It was sad to see Lleyton Hewitt exit Wimbledon so quickly in this his final…
Category: France
Belated benefits from a birthday
When we were recently in Melbourne we had dinner at this restaurant. A bit tricky to see on the computer but the business card was all in white, very clever as you had to tilt the card to see the name. The back of the card had the information. Our elder daughter had given my husband…
Three weeks of late nights or early mornings, not quite sure which.
I love this time of year as it is Tour de France time. It is almost here. I have blogged in previous years about the Tour. Last week I purchased the official guide so have read up on all the necessary information. Teams are gradually finalising the members for the actual race and I am…
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times”
I have just finished reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. I can’t remember when I first read it but it must have been when I was in my teens because it didn’t leave an impact on me whereas having read it now in my sixties it has left some strong impressions on…
Joan, Joanna and Jenny, they just all happened to start with J
I have been reading a few biographies recently and purely by chance they have all started with the letter J. Joan is the one I have decided on for today. It wasn’t actually a biography it was a historical fiction novel. This Joan is Joan of Arc and she is the main character in The Maid…
A “new” book from the library
The lives of Stella Bain by Anita Shreve for my Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2014 This is the first book I have read by this author and although I have seen copies of her books in the library and in bookshops I have neither borrowed nor bought one until now. I chose this book at…
Gippsland Granny 