Star Forever Young

  This is one of my favourite books. I just love the Thrush Green and Fairacre novels. They are beautifully written and full of detail about the countryside here in England. They are the books I turn to in the morning, when I'm not quite up to a taut thriller or a ghost story. I have almost the whole set now so I read them in order, over and over again. I think I know the stories by heart, almost!  The other day I discovered that I had two of the above books so I need to pass one of them on to someone who thinks they may enjoy it. If interested, please say below :) Throughout the years I would look in the bookstores at Christmas to see what the next book would be. Miss Read always published a new book at Christmastime.  I never received a new hardback one - they were too expensive at the time, but if I could be patient a bit longer, the paperback version would be out later in the year. I read them all. 'Dora Jessie Shafe was born on 17 April 1913 in London, the younger of...

This is a new blog and a hello from England. My other blog is no more because I was getting far too many anonymous comments of an unwelcome nature on it. I hope that my old friends and some new will join me here in my new home and follow along as I share my life in the sixth decade. During the lockdown I have been sewing a lot and making my junk journals so my hands have not been idle. We have been lucky, so far, that the virus hasn't found us. We lead a quiet life and don't go out much, but even so we have to be careful. Larry has now been living in England with me for 7 and a bit years.  It doesn't seem possible that it is that long. He now has his permanent leave to remain, which is a relief for both of us and we are very settled here with my family close by. Sadly, Larry does not see his own family, but they keep in touch on the internet, which is a blessing for people who live on opposite sides of the globe. Here are some pictures of a rag doll I made recently. Her nam...