Archive for September, 2008

Clean Knickers and a cup of tea

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Or why I may never leave Kate Walker’s house . . .

Greetings to all from the other side of the pond where the sun is shining and all is well. While I was taking a shower this morning, Kate brought up my clean laundry and a cup of tea, so I came back to my room (shared with Sid the cat) to lovely clean clothes and a sustaining brew.

I could get used to service like that!

Seriously, we have had a great time.Sid has made me most welcome (he’s crazy about his Greenies). Flora the floozie has been swanning around showing off her birthday presents. And Dylan, also a greenies fan, has deigned to come have ear rubs every evening.

We had a wonderful time with Michelle Reid and her husband, prowled an old churchyard at a priory near to them, and then drove back to Kates across the Yorkshire Dales. It’s very tempting to set a book in England.Who needs these ‘exotic’ Mediterranean locales?

I’m off today for Sophie Weston’s where I will meet the pyrate in her life, her Maine Coon, Tom Kydd. And then we are off to France.

I hope to download some pics when at her house (or in France) so stand by!

On my way . . .

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008


I’ll be heading off across the pond on Thursday. I’ve been getting bags (well, one) packed and unpacked and the things I’m taking whittled down. I hate heavy luggage and I always pack too much.

Fortunately Greenies don’t weight much. So Sid and Flora and Dylan, Kate Walker’s cats, are going to get lots of treats. I couldn’t go see them without the requisite Greenies.

Ever since the late lamented Bob Redford Walker discovered Greenies, they have been at the top of every packing list I’ve got.

I haven’t done as much on Christo as I’d hoped to do this past week. I’m going to be working on some family history articles, too, and so I spent plenty of time going over the catalogue for the Cornwall Record Office to be sure I used my time there wisely.

There’s never enough time — so I need to make best use of what I get.

Consequently Christo has taken a back seat this week. But I expect him to accompany me on the plane. And now that I’ve figure out how to shut my wireless off, he can talk his head off and I’ll type and type and type.

In case you haven’t met my friend, the eeepie, it’s a great little computer from Asus that has accompanied me on several jaunts this past spring and summer. It’s the 900 version with the slightly larger screen than the original.

But it has the same footprint. And it’s sooooo much smaller and easier to take along than a full size laptop. I love it. This is its first trip abroad, though, so I’m eager to see how it likes the trip.

My son’s Asus eee pc just came back from Italy and had a marvelous time, so I’m hoping Eeepie will do as well.

On the getting things cleared up before I leave, I want to tell Avi that her books went out today. Avi, I hope you get them sometime in the next week (not sure how long it takes to get to your part of the world).

I’ll check in and write on the blog when I can get wireless. You should hear from me from Kate’s house. And then, with luck, from Cannes. After that, we’ll see. Not sure where I’ll run into wireless in Cornwall — at least I don’t know how likely it is where we’re staying.

Behave yourselves while I’m gone. I’ll send pix of the cats — and anything else I think you’d enjoy.

Here’s your friend to keep you company while I’m gone.

Oh, you thought I meant Hugh.

Right. Well, just because you asked –

Meet Bruno!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Pink has chosen a winning name for his new pup from all the wonderful entries. He says his new buddy is going to be Bruno!

So, thank you, Avi J, for giving Bruno his name. Go to my website and click on the contact Anne tab and send me your snail address and I’ll send you two of my books.

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. There were so many great entries that Pink spent part of the morning telling me he needed more dogs! Frankly I think he would soon have had 11, like you do, Avi, if I’d let him.

But he only gets one — Bruno.

Check The Pink Heart Society to see who else Pink is going to visit — and what other great presents he’s getting.

Happy Birthday, Pink!