AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – TRAVELS TO NANTUCKET
I adore history and actually majored in this subject at university. I have long...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – MAKING UP IS HARD TO DO – THE HISTORY OF COMESTICS
I like the summer heat, much preferring to be a bit too hot but...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – HEY THERE GEORGIE GIRL
‘Déjà vu’ is the feeling that one has lived through the present situation before...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE OLYMPICS – BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
The COVID-19 pandemic has in many ways been like enduring a type of war. ...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – FORD, EDISON, AND FIRESTONE GO CAMPING
There were three close friends who went on their annual weeklong camping trip together...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE ‘TOUR DE FRANCE’
Although I have not been back to Europe to see friends and family since...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA - DEAR ABBY OR ASK ANN LANDERS?
I have been thinking about how much the world has changed during my more...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE WORLD OF WESTIES – INTRODUCING DEXTER
My regular readers will know that I love dogs. In fact, our whole family...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – IT’S MAY AGAIN
May is my favorite month of the year as it heralds in summer days...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – FAREWELL PRINCE PHILIP
It has been a sad couple of weeks in the land of my birth...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – APRIL SHOWERS AND MORE
Spring is one of my favorite times of year and I have never been...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – KNITTING THROUGH A CRISIS
As the UK will be more or less in lockdown until at least April...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – TROUBLES WITHIN THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY
The land of my birth is still pretty much in lockdown as a result...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW – THE HISTORY OF EYEGLASSES
I recently went for a routine check-up with my ophthalmologist and noticed a young...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA - REMEMBERING A VERY BRITISH HERO – CAPTAIN SIR TOM MOORE
I always strive to combine the best stereotypical character traits of both nations I...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – LETS TALK LABRADOODLES
Even with the general election and the inauguration of a new President now behind...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA - LEAVING EUROPE – BREXIT IS FINALIZED
In the land of my birth, which is once again in total lockdown to...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE HISTORY OF VACCINATION
As we all look back on an almost unbelievable 2020, I cannot help thinking...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – O CHRISTMAS TREE O CHRISTMAS TREE
One aspect of the American festive season which still strikes me as different even...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – VIEWS ON ‘THE CROWN’ – HERE AND ACROSS THE POND
One interesting thing about getting older is that we see books, movies and TV...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – REMEMBERING SEAN CONNERY – GOODBYE 007
We all have our favorite James Bond actor and mine has always been the...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE 30 DAYS OF NOVEMBER
I am not somebody who wishes my life away but given everything that has...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF AMERICA’S ELECTORAL COLLEGE
You will no doubt be delighted to hear that this column is NOT about...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – PUBLIC BROADCASTING ACROSS THE POND
When we moved to America eleven years ago, one of the things I was...