The next corner, just a short walk from Cowes, was named Young and Jacksons as it was nearest to the Isle of Wight Hotel, recognizing the pub of that name conveniently place opposite Flinders Street Railway Station in Melbourne. The south-east corner was Gentle Ann, named for a memorable l...
Uncle George, nearer in age to my Dad, a roguish fellow who had once been most willing, I was told, to have a ferret suspend itself from each earlobe, to win a smile from the ladies, lived then in Cartersfield Lane, Stonnall, where Aunty Rene’s abode could be picked out from the ...
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who are also big foodies (it must run in the family!). They took us to Eighteen Brook, a bright, austerely decorated restaurant that serves a host of excellently prepared classic Cantonese dishes, as well as their own unique creations. Audrey’s Uncle Laurie asked me if there...
Pick up the nearest Wanda M. Morris. It doesn’t have to be All Her Little Secrets; any of her books will do. Then read it and tell me I’m wrong. You won’t. I’m confident that you’ll thank me for the introduction and curse me for your new addiction. I’m cool with that...
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Urged on by Harrison and Lasar, Beaux wrote to her uncle and talked him into financing another season of art studies in Paris for the winter of 1889. I believe it was the turning point of her life. And maybe it wasn’t the power of Paris at all, but rather, the the power of a ...
She glanced behind her to see Mr. Peng. He was now glowering at her, arms folded, his long frame leaned against the wall nearest the door. He could scowl all he liked. She turned to smile brightly at the men. “Yes. I am.” ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s best-seller, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was instrumental in firing a wide-range of anti-slavery sentiment in the years before the American Civil War, after being read by people who hadn’t thought very much about the issue. But the novel made it real to readers, aroused...
Now if there’s one thing I love, it’s a sexual innuendo. I have the body of a young woman paired with the brain of a pervy Uncle. One of my most mortifying memories is at a job interview to work as a part time receptionist. ...