Bad news. While in the UK, while my guard was completely down, I fell in love with a set of Spode china. You Southern ladies will know exactly what I’m talking about. I know about y’all. You each have about ninety-nine sets that you inherited from aunts and grandmothers and another ninety-nine that you got […]

Being home again from a fabulous trip to visit our family at Oxford, I can now settle into the fun of writing about a few of the highlights. Nothing profound, just a little chatty post about the last couple weeks. And since Doug and I both woke up way too early this Sunday a.m. […]

I’m feeling a mite bit guilty about ignoring everyone. But I have a decent, if not a good, excuse. I am in the UK and have been here visiting our beloved Merkle clan since a week ago yesterday. But I have a few posts rolling around in my mind which will no doubt surface after […]