I'm at my parents' house, preparatory to flying to North Carolina tomorrow for the Children's Literature Association's annual conference. I won't be back till Sunday, so everybody save all your best post material until then, okay ( Read more... )

Better late than never? Sorry, scanning in all the photos has proved daunting (to my laziness). Finally though, here's the next installment. As requested:

( All kinds of Victorian research geekery. )

I said I would share some pictures once I'd scanned them in, so here's the first batch, covering the first four days of my trip.

( Valancy's Adventures in the Big City )

Home! Home at my house, and have been so for a day and a half now. Got in to the airport quite early, which would have been nice if the ground crew at the airport had not apparently said they'd be damned if they were going to get our bags early. So after about an hour in Baggage Claim staring at an unmoving conveyor belt, I finally got my ( Read more... )

Like Day 1, today is a nothing day: I leave Kate's in a few minutes, travel back to London, attempt to putter a bit while hauling my suitcase around, and then make my way to Heathrow ( Read more... )

So here I am in Stowmarket at the home of the lovely Kate and John Herd. Got here last night after an excellent but exhausted day in Cambridge, which included: wandering around "The Backs"; being mobbed by impudent ducks; almost falling asleep in Borders (where I went because they'd let me sit down); wandering around the Fitzwilliam art museum; ( Read more... )

First, an important announcement: I have a new niece, Rebecca (Rebekah?). She was born last night around midnight. Yay for babies ( Read more... )

In Oxford now. Adore it. Fantastic city. Nice and compact and walkable and full of awesome awesome buildings & picturesque nooks ( Read more... )

Hi. Just a very, very quick update. I am leaving my London hostel and heading to Oxford tonight in an hour or so ( Read more... )

A very uppy-downy day. High highs and low lows and all that sort of thing. Let's get the lows out of the way first ( Read more... )