This morning I am in Ambleside looking out my upstairs bedroom window at lush green hills, flower gardens filled with purple butterfly bushes, and white stucco homes, while listening to the the gurgle of a brook that runs through the grounds of this holiday rental. Ambleside is a large, quaint village next to Lake Windermere … Continue reading Ambleside
Month: July 2022
The Shambles, York Minster, & Worried Sheep
Continuing our UK adventure and drifting at times down memory lane, I and my fellow travelers spent some of the 22nd, all of the 23rd, and a bit of the 24th in York. We traipsed along its ancient, cobbled streets on Friday (22nd) eventually finding our way to The Shambles, a street directly out of … Continue reading The Shambles, York Minster, & Worried Sheep
MINDING THE GAP in London
Growing up, I remember an awful lot of ministers admonishing us Christian congregates to ”stand in the gap” for others, but I fear that idea could confound a considerable number of Londoners who, as patrons of the Underground, are daily reminded by a fatherly voice “to mind the gap.” If they did, indeed, stand in … Continue reading MINDING THE GAP in London
London
Tower Bridge, London, England “When I’m in London, I long for Yorkshire and when I’m here, I ache to hear my heels clicking on the pavement.” ~Lady Mary Crawley Ah, I understand the restlessness of Lady Mary with both London and Yorkshire so immediately within her reach. The excitement of bustling, rambunctious London—the romance of … Continue reading London
No Coward Soul is Mine
by Emily Bronte No coward soul is mine No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere I see Heaven’s glories shine And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear O God within my breast Almighty ever-present Deity Life, that in me hast rest, As I Undying Life, have power in Thee Vain are the thousand creeds … Continue reading No Coward Soul is Mine
The Brontes of Haworth, West Yorkshire
Parsonage home of the Bronte sisters and their curate father in West Yorkshire, England. "No coward soul is mine No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere..." wrote Emily Bronte in 1848. It was a remarkable time for herself, her elder sister Charlotte, and younger sister Anne. Each of the young women had recently published poetry … Continue reading The Brontes of Haworth, West Yorkshire
Texas Romantic
William Wordsworth wrote his famous "I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud" in 1804 after he and his sister Dorothy took a long stroll in the English Lake District of Cumbria where they lived, and where I plan soon to revisit. In anticipation of our rapidly approaching return to England, I present Wordsworth's famous poem, as … Continue reading Texas Romantic
Story Mill Ranch 