Maybe. Can one quit being a writer? This is a post I've wanted to write - and dreaded writing - for a long time. For about as long as I have no longer considered myself a "writer," at least outside of my freelancing career. How long has that been? It's…
Last month, my husband and I spent a couple of weeks visiting family in Finland and Germany. The historical site we were both most excited to see was Turku Castle, in southwest Finland. Turku was the capital of Finland until 1812, when Alexander I, thinking Turku was a little too close to…
Many buildings outside London had thatched roofs of reed or straw, and in January 1784 Woodforde noted: 'I rejoiced much this morning on shooting an old wood-pecker, which had teised [teased] me a long time in pulling out the reed from my house. He had been often shot at by…
