The eBook for Jane Austen’s Guide to Life is just $1.99 through Wednesday, May 7th! Thrilled about this, wanted to let you know. Kindle, Nook, and Kobo versions are available at the discounted price. (And the cover you see here is from the recently-released paperback edition!) Here’s what BookBub had to say: Ask yourself: What…
Local friends — I’ll be signing copies of The Jane Austen Guide to Life this Thursday evening at Le Village Marche in Shirlington. This gorgeous Parisian-inspired home decor and gift boutique is one of my favorite places (and happens to be run by my dear friend, Angela). It’s a fabulous place to find great gifts…
We’re having a gorgeous fall in Virginia — sunny days and cool evenings, when you step into the night and feel blanketed by the misty air and see the moon through a haze. I was privileged to spend one of these gorgeous weekends on a personal retreat at Corhaven, out in the Shenandoah Valley, to…
For thirteen years I’ve been sick. I have chronic Lyme disease. (Actually, now the Lyme tests are negative and I’m getting stronger and stronger. I’m learning to say I had Lyme disease.) This is how it started. How and when I got infected is a bit of a mystery, but I think it was the…
Jane Austen fans around the world are rejoicing to hear that she will grace the new £10 banknote, to be released in 2017. (And if they’re like me, they just might see the event as an excuse to plan a trip to England to get their hands on one.) But the event isn’t without its…
I’m often overwhelmed by the beauty and detail of the world God created. (I know not everyone who follows this blog is a Christian, but my faith is such a big part of my life and I hope to write more about it here.) I’m moved to awe and wonder by the smallest things —…
One of the great joys of beginning to feel better is getting to do some of the things that have been on my wish list for years. Recently I got to go to a local Jane Austen Society event to hear my friend Juliette Wells speak; I went to see the Washington Ballet at the…
For me, a good book is a luxury, something to be savored, something that in its own right feels like a vacation. This is one of those books, one of the best I’ve read in a long time. I wasn’t going to pick this up. (And I’m late doing so. It’s been out for four…
Spring is always a season that moves me to wonder and praise, this year more than most. I watch the world burst with joy and beauty as God brings delicate, abundant life to branches that appeared to be dead — riots of diaphanous pink cherry blossoms, bright yellow forsythia, delicate redbuds. I look at…