At the YWP
This week, we again visited the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. My fourth post (1.4.25) focused on the cold temperatures of that first visit on December 30th. This time the weather was gloriously comfortable! And the focus will be on the animals. YWP is home to some 400 animals of 70 different species. Many of them are […]
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World Famous Sites
At 6:30 last Tuesday morning, we headed southwest to Stonehenge! The five and a half hour drive included 90 minutes of slow-downs due to a stalled truck, road construction, and rush hour traffic here and there. Stonehenge sets on the Salisbury Plain, which is “a chalk plateau in southern England covering 300 square miles.” Not only does […]
Read MoreBritish Idioms 1
I was well into adulthood before I learned the meaning of idiom. Looking through a list of definitions, I found this one from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole.” Having hosted international people, I saw how difficult idioms […]
Read MoreWensleydale Creamery
Visiting the town of Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales had been suggested in early February. Finally, after weeks of chilly temperatures and Rick’s bad cold and cough, we are on our way! Not only Hawes, our final destination is its cheese factory. Similar in size to the Blue Heron Creamery, a mile or so south […]
Read MoreChange of Plans
“This week I will have been here for two months,” I respond to the friendly woman at church when she asked how long I had been in England. “Oh, how nice! What have you done?” I know that she is actually asking where have I gone to see which sights. Her face, like others before […]
Read More“Let It Go!”
“Let it go, Chad. Just ignore them.” This was the advice that Kat and Rick gave their son-in-law, Chad. He had called to say that he would not stop by in the morning as was his habit because he didn’t want to lose his cool and make more trouble. A couple of nights previously, the […]
Read MoreWhy and Wherefore
I enjoy reading The Narrative Bible, edited by F. LaGard Smith. It sets out a chronological plan to read through the Bible in one year. During this third week of 2025, I am newly impressed with the family dynamics of Abraham. Issac, and Jacob. These three ancients were liars and manipulators, proud and fearful, cunning […]
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