Book of Days

Well at least a few for today. I have been enjoying this amazing blog lately.

Jane not only has some amazing knitting, crocheting and quilting she shares, but also wonderful posts on food and books. The photos that accompany her posts are absolutely gorgeous. And where does the British come in? Well Jane is from England and to this American gal who is enamored with anything British, tremendous fun to read. I was especially appreciative of her latest post, as she mentions a segment she heard on BBC Radio 4, and links to it. For a little while this afternoon I was immersed in England and loving every minute of it.  I couldn’t help but enjoy the segment of Alan Bennett reading from his latest novella, An Uncommon Reader, that she mentions in her post. (On the right hand side of the main page for BBC Radio 4, under the listing, Listen Again, click on Monday under Choice of the Day). I wandered around the site some and as someone who has a passion for the history of WWII and that time period, I was immensely pleased to happen upon this segment, The Nightingale Sang in Fernhurst Road, part of the Woman’s Hour Drama. I listened to both Monday and Tuesday’s episodes and didn’t realize that Joshua was also listening in the other room, until I heard a few chuckles coming from him at some of the lines. He has now requested that we begin an in-depth study of WWII for our World History after we finish up with our current study of the Scramble for Africa.

Along this same line, this morning in an email from B&N, I read about the new Ken Burn/Geoffrey Ward book, The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945, which is a companion to their PBS series by the same name. Perfect for use in our new World History study. We also listened to samples from the soundtrack.

History will have to wait though this afternoon as I gave Josh the time off to play the new NHL 2K8 game his brother bought for them. After all, the new 2007-08 ice hockey season starts in just a few weeks :)