AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – NEWSPAPERS - HERE AND THERE - THEN AND NOW
Regular readers of this column will realize that I am a huge fan of...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – FIREFIGHTERS!
Having just lived through the stress and near miss of hurricane Dorian, and in...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – TIME FOR SOME SHUT-EYE
The subject of sleep has been a hot topic in our household in recent...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – WOODSTOCK - 50 YEARS ON
I have been thinking a great deal about music since the Savannah VOICE Festival’s...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – A NEW PRIME MINISTER FOR THE UK
Last week, the United Kingdom saw a new leader as the Queen, in the...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – WEATHER, ROYALTY AND POLITICS BACK IN BLIGHTY
There is a lot happening back in Britain right now – big sporting events,...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – HAPPY JULY 4TH
As everybody who knows me probably knows, the Fourth of July is my favorite...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – ERNIE PYLE AND WORLD WAR TWO
With all the media coverage of the 75thanniversary of D-Day earlier this month, I...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – ADVENTURES IN SPACE
We recently visited the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Florida with our granddaughters. ...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE NEW ROYAL BABY
There has been much excitement on both sides of the pond about the arrival...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – MUSINGS ON MAYTIME
The land of my birth is in a frenzy about the Duke and Duchess...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – ADVENTURES IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
I recently travelled to Scotland, where I spent some great times with family in...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – THE BEATLES BREAKUP
Forty-nine years ago, yesterday, on April 10, 1970, bicycle messengers went scurrying off across...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – BREXIT CONFUSION
Back in the land of my birth there is political chaos, confusion and concern...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – LENTEN TRADITIONS
As we are in the season of Lent, which this year runs from March...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – M.A.S.H. - AN ICONIC TV SHOW’S ANNIVERSARY
Thirty-six years ago, today, on February 28, 1983, an amazing 106 million Americans tuned...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Happy Valentine’s Day. Today will be a day of roses, chocolates, date-nights, popping “the...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – MEMORIES OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
There has been a lot of turmoil in the land of my birth with...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – TRANSITING THE PANAMA CANAL
We recently returned from a trip of a lifetime over Christmas and New Year...
AN ENGLISH ROSE IN GEORGIA – “HAPPY HOGMANY” SCOTTISH NEW YEAR TRADITIONS
I was lucky enough to revisit the highlands of Scotland last summer for my...