It’s hard to believe that seven years have passed since I caught a glimpse of Thomas Gainsborough’s 1782 painting of Lieutenant Colonel John Hayes St. Leger on a corridor wall in Buckingham Palace. A keepsake from Buckingham Palace that started it all The day after, I was on a transatlantic flight home to the USA. … Continue reading January Mornings: A Moon Garden to The Man in the Way
Fairies
Magic, Fairies, and the River Foss
There is a popular shop on the Shambles in York that sells little ceramic ghosts. You can’t walk far in that ancient neighborhood without realizing that ghosts are a big business with the tourists. But I didn’t know about the fairies in York, until I stumbled upon them one summer morning while walking along the … Continue reading Magic, Fairies, and the River Foss
Roxane Gilbert 