This year’s National Dog Day is bittersweet. Just after Easter we lost our faithful fairy dog-mother. I’m still brokenhearted and weeping even now, so that is all I’ll say on that. Two weeks later, far earlier than I was ready, this ragged rescue came into our lives thanks to the efforts of a wonderful dog foster family and my youngest son who desperately wanted a dog. Her ears have been burned, she has buckshot in … Continue reading →

Naval Officers Pianoforte of Jane Austen’s Day Joining the Gentry Coffee In Jane Austen’s Day