Originally published 9/8/16 Modern art makes me giggle. I don't know what it is about it, but it just cracks me up. Whenever I'm in a...

Originally posted 9/6/16 Though our marriage is relatively young, Michael and I know each other pretty well. For the first five years of...

Originally published 9/6/16 My faith in Christianity - and humanity - has been restored by the delightful encounters we had with other...

Originally published 9/6/16 I must confess: whilst in England I fear I have purchased an embarrassing number of teapots and cups and...

Originally published 9/1/16 This week we are in place, luxuriating in what I think is the greatest luxury we have and often waste: time....

Originally published 8/29/16 All of these cathedrals are starting to look alike: cavernous ceilings, Norman and/or Gothic arches, crypts...

Originally published 8/25/16 I thought Americans were ostentatious. We have nothing on 16th century noble Englishmen. And not just that...

Originally published 8/24/16 If you'd ever like to test the mettle of your marriage, hire a punt and punt you and your spouse down the...

Originally published 8/23/16 Etheldreda, a Saxon princess from East Anglia (Eastern England), founded a double monastery for men and...

Originally published 8/21/16 Our friends the Pfohls have recently moved their family (with three young children) to France for a two-year...

Originally published 8/20/16 We were in the cue (line) to order some lunch to eat in (for here) at Michaelhouse cafe, which is a lovely...

Originally published 8/18/16 We are living in the clutches of God, on Jesus lane. Literally. This is the street we're staying on, across...