The Girdle of Melian

erfect day! A long long time ago, I posted about my perfect Montreal day . I could proably update that in many ways! Instead, today, in my latest hodge podge ( hodge podge no. 14 was back in June!) I'm going to dream about my perfect Best Little Village (our nickname for our village) day. I said I could update my earlier post, but I confess that my ideal breakfast has not changed! 9 am Rise with the sunshine coming in the window. A table has been miraculously laid with almond croissants, eclairs, a steaming pot of coffee and a latte in a bowl, maple syrup, sliced fruits of the season, buttered toast and an egg and cheese sandwich on a Montreal bagel, plus at least four newspapers, including ones from the UK and The New York Times , which have miraculously arrived free of charge. This was our New Year's Eve dessert! Tasty local cheeses! Homemade cake! 12 pm All those newspapers and magazines and crossword puzzles, not to mention the coffee, would take a while. N

ini book reviews! I collated all my book reviews back in June (and also back in 2017 ), but here I'm collating all my mini book reviews. I've done a few of these over the years: 2012 I used to do reviews on the One Hundred Romances Project site! 2013 The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey, All My Life Before Me , the diary of C. S. Lewis from 1922 to 1927, When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak, short stories by Stephen King, and Mary Ann Alice by Brian Doyle The Forest Laird by Jack Whyte, When Summer Comes by Brenda Novak, and In A Fix by Linda Grimes Yesterday Road by Kevin Brennan, Take Me Home for Christmas by Brenda Novak, A Room Made of Windows by Eleanor Cameron, Clarence Goes to Town by Patricia Lauber, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 2014 Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada The Wonders of Winter: 101 Stories about Bad Weather, Good Times, and Great Sports and Beloved Demons by Dr. Anthony

ravel photos! All of our travel last year was local, except for the one weekend I spent in Montreal . But my first post last year was the last in a series of photos of previous trips in England (we haven't been back since August 2019!). After that I shared these photos and places: Geneva Romainmotier Whitepod hotel in the mountains of Valais Montreux and Charlie Chaplin's house Neighbourhood of Founex part 1 A nostalgic post about Turkey Vacationing at home part 1 Vacationing at home part 2 La Dole , up in the mountains Neighbourhood of Founex part 2 Volkswrecks museum Photos by my daughter part 1 Neighbourhood of Founex part 3 Lac de Joux and La Brevine (the Siberia of Switzerland!) WWII in Switzerland Photos by my daughter part 2 Basel Zoo One of our last excursions was to the Garenne Zoo, our local rescued animal zoo , which we've been to a few times before : This small cabin is built around the trunk of the tree, so th