All Purls. No Swine.
One of the touchstones of my life has always been the story of how my dad met the Pope, in Rome, on June 5, 1944. Truth be told, my mother always pooh-poohed the whole thing a bit (not unusual for Mum to do something like that, especially for an event in which she wasn’t the main… Continue reading “His Holiness Will Receive You in a Few Moments. I could Have Dropped Dead!”
A bit less that four months ago, on February 12, 2022 (17+ weeks ago), I ordered some bathroom fixtures from the California Faucet Company with the understanding that the turnaround time to delivery would be somewhere between four and six weeks. They're supposed to be top-tier, made-in-the-USA, products which are available--sensitively--to those working on home… Continue reading Hello–California Faucet Company–I’m Still Waiting
A post from a few years ago on Ricochet. It was published just prior to Christmas, on the anniversary (December 10) of Edward's abdication. I offer it again today, on this second day of the four-day-long-weekend celebration of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee for several reasons. First, it's true. Second, today (June 3, 2022) is the… Continue reading Before There Was Harry and Meghan . . . There Was Edward and Wallis