Bits and pieces by Lois

Yellow bricks

In my genealogical novels about the family history of the Radwinter family, the main character Thomas researches the lives of his forebears; here are no ‘exciting’ discoveries of links to royalty or famous people, just ordinary lives of ordinary people – which is the same for most of us! However, Thomas discovers that several of […]

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Names, naming and words by Lois

We write in water

Men’s evil manners live in brass… …their virtues we write in water. You may know where I was when I took this photo and what was behind me, or you may just know the quote. It is from ‘Henry VIII by Shakespeare, and the lines are spoken by Griffith adviser to Queen Katherine (Katherine of […]

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Food by Lois

Soup of the morning, beautiful soup!

I had a beautiful edition of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ when I was a child, probably given to me by my dear god-mother; sadly I have lost both the book and godmother, but I certainly think of my god-mother almost daily, and ‘Alice’ occasionally too. I loved reading from an early age, and Alice was one […]

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