“All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.” William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) My Dear Vulgarian Miss, Spring is quickly passing into summer, and I notice that you ha… more →
Jane Started It!wrote 5 months ago: One of my favorite things about Jane Austen and her writing is the way she develops characters withi … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Persuasion was completed when Jane Austen was already a successful writer, and was published shortly … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Mr Collins. Ahhhhhh!!! He irritates me soooo much! And if I’m not allowed to put him (because … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.” William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.” My Dear Vulgarian Miss, Simply bec … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don … more →
wrote 1 year ago: "Left the Visa card on the dressing table again.And I'm a little short on cash..." It … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain and most fools do.” Benjamin Franklin (1706-17 … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwate … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want … more →
wrote 1 year ago: St. Patrick was a gentleman Who through strategy and stealth Drove all the snakes from Ireland, Here … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “I put my hat upon my head, I walked into the Strand, And there I met another man Whose hat was in h … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” Lucille Ball … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “You see I’m against hunting, in fact I’m a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A diamond in the ruff?“A word, a look, will be enough…” Jane Austen’s Captain Frederick … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Please welcome Sir Walter’s heir, William Elliot, as guest columnist this week. “Marriage alwa … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “Method is not less requisite in conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make him … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Coco Chanel (1883-1971) My … more →