Hard to believe that a month ago today, I was returning from London. I’ve been crazy-busy catching up from being gone, and have acquired a new writing client who increased the hours they want from me starting July 1 so I’ve been trying to keep up with that. And quite frankly, I’ve got a bit of performance anxiety now about blogging. So many of you were kind enough to read my posts from London, and…
(The memory card is no more. And I’d rather buy yarn and purses than a new one right now, so it’s just me and my little words today. Hope you enjoy it anyway!) I know I said no more spiritual insights – but I can’t help myself. 🙂 I started today at the British Library, in the collection known as their “Treasures” room. This room, about the size of three living rooms tacked together, contains…
What an awesome day, you guys. The awesome came at definitely unexpected times and places, but was pretty awesome nonetheless. I *did* achieve my goal of climbing all the way to the top of the dome at St. Paul’s Cathedral – I tackled the climb first thing when I got there around 11. This was no small feat, y’all – 530 stair steps in total, climbing 255 feet above the cathedral floor. And I only…
Holy catfish, y’all – my day started with a Meredith Vieira sighting in Starbucks and ended with a concert by Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Tom Jones, Annie Lennox and Paul McCartney – given for me and 250,000 of my closest friends. I get to do this kind of stuff. SERIOUSLY. I slept WAY later than I wanted to this morning, and was rewarded for my laziness twice over – faster Internet connection speeds to upload…
Cheerio from merry olde England! (All right, that’s enough of that…) Landed this morning after a delightful flight over in Business Class – I slept (kinda) comfortably on a trans-Atlantic flight for the first time ever. Bless you, British Airways, and your full-reclining little pod-thingies. In preparation for the week, I watched “My Week with Marilyn” on the way over. Kenneth Brannagh is the male Meryl Streep when it comes to accents – he totally…