Someone recently posted to me that she thought I hated England… if so, why did I continue to go back? As I mentioned in my My First Experience in England […]

The year was 2003.  I had been working at a Fortune 500 computer manufacturing company for two years, and in those two years, I had seen the most miserable management […]

Had a great Fourth of July spent with friends and surrogate family outside of Temple, TX.  My hostess even went to the lengths of grilling up some salmon for me […]

May 1 Well, today’s the day! I’ve waited for it and planned it all year.  I’m going to England! I got up today, showered and did a final pack, tossed […]

Well, at the risk of sounding anachronistic: All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go… I have been a whirlwind this past week.  Packed and re-packed.  Cleaned and re-cleaned. […]

My life compresses.  Ten days.  I look around my house and see how much there is to do.  I think of the packing and the cleaning and the prepping.   […]

In April 1981, I got married.  I also moved to England in the same month to work on a military base (Menwith Hill Station) near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. I had […]

I just got an invitation from my friend, Dawn Sharples, to join her and some of my other Facebook UK Hiking friends on a real life “Last Wainwright.”  I wish […]

Today is January 1, 2013.  I often wondered if the planet would make it this far.  It seems to keep limping along despite the policy makers and war mongers. So, […]

I’m catching up on my blogging this morning.  It’s such a lovely, quiet day! Maybe you think that with all this traveling to the Ozarks, I’d forgotten about England.  LOL […]