Belle, Book, and Candle

I have a weakness for timepieces - I treasure the two gold pocket watches that belonged to my grandfather and a smaller gold watch that ...

I have been re-watching Cranford , that delightful series based on the novels by Mrs. Elizbeth Gaskell. It portrays life in a small vill...

I came across this title in my morning reading and was reminded that long ago I tried to find this little book but to no avail. The book ...

The best thing about Ruth Rendell's 1971 suspense novel One Across, Two Down are the crossword puzzle clues. The characters, the mo...

While ailing, between naps and bemoaning the fate of my laptop, I did manage to work on my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project tha...

The twelve novels that make up A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell Yesterday's presentation at the Monday Afternoon C...

Le frégate Henri Matisse Oh, my. My computer and I were both blindsided by viruses at the same time. While my laptop languished for a ...