It continues to be frosty and cold. Last night’s temperature dropped to -7, but by 9:30 AM, when we set off for the butcher’s in Horsley, it was -3 C. Our beautiful garden is bleak with stiff frost. The fields are white, and the tops of hedges and branches. Snow is beautiful and soft. You… Continue reading Frost
Category: In the Village, England
The Season
So we got our lights and heat, but we didn’t need them for the party. I decked the halls with fir branches, as the wood pigeons ate all the berries on our magnificent holly tree,added little silver and gold balls and beads, and lots of candles. The fireplace roared, silver glimmered in the candle light,… Continue reading The Season
More living without the Light
We had dinner at the White Horse in the village while waiting for EDF to call. Yes, the British energy company sold the electrical subsidiary to the French. This move fortunately did not change the personnel much. They still speak English. The cell phone rings and we are told they are incredibly busy.They can come… Continue reading More living without the Light
Living Without The Light —
It is very, very cold. This morning, we left the car out of the garage for five minutes and the windscreen was covered with ice. The fields were white with frost. It was 10:00 AM. We went our separate ways in Guildford to Christmas shop where, like me, everyone was bundled from tip to toe. … Continue reading Living Without The Light —
Walking in the Dark
Sunset here in Shere is at 4:07pm. I put Tasha’s special collar on her neck, the one I bought last year with flashing red lights. I put on my teal blue wellington boots, my quilted black jacket, debate the wool scarf. No. Probably not that cold. We set off up the street to Chantry Lane. … Continue reading Walking in the Dark
Health Care – UK, France, US: Krugman and Me
Health Care Terror By PAUL KRUGMAN These days terrorism is the first refuge of scoundrels. So when British authorities announced that a ring of Muslim doctors working for the National Health Service was behind the recent failed bomb plot, we should have known what was coming. "National healthcare: Breeding ground for terror?" read the on-screen… Continue reading Health Care – UK, France, US: Krugman and Me
RAIN
It has rained everyday since our return from France, and it was rainy before we left. Mind you, the weather wasn’t perfect in France when we were there,either, but as far as I know, France has been spared the destructive downpours and floods which are devastating some towns in Yorkshire. I like rain; like the… Continue reading RAIN
Get a Horse
The sun rises at 4:30 AM these late May days, as we glide, second by second, toward the longest day of the year. We are going to Cranleigh today to shop for black out curtains for the guest room, so potential summer guests can sleep past 4:00 AM, if they are foolishly sleep addicted. … Continue reading Get a Horse
Back in Shere
May 16th,2007 The first thing people say to me is how beautifully warm and sunny the month of April was. Of course, I missed it. I hope that isn’t all we will get this year, but it doesn’t look promising right now; I came back a week ago to chilly, rainy weather and gray… Continue reading Back in Shere
Dinner Party
We had our first one hundred-percent Shere-ite dinner party on Saturday. Eight people were invited, and all of them said yes. They even seemed pleased to be asked. My first friend here, the thin dog-walker, arrived, looking elegant in wide black trousers and a full-sleeved wrap around blouse, accompanied by my soon-to-be painting pal, the … Continue reading Dinner Party