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Lady Anne

Lady Anne

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You who are so young-where can you have learned all you know about women like me.

A courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her...
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  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    They are classic c.19 line drawings & I love them-the little volumes called Collectors' Library (?) have them.

    I think that ebooks will go happily hand in hand with real books soon & we'll all wonder what the fuss was about...I was put off by the early Gutenbergs which were horrible to read. In fact, I found them unreadable; there was no chance of thinking that one was reading a book, it was just one long page, which I found very disconcerting. I only have the software on my pc & keep forgetting to use it-having the keyboard underneath is offputting, somehow.I thnk that they must be like watching actors onscreen (and operas and ballets); I'd love to be seeing those people in reality but I'm never going to, so I'll take what I can get.

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    I cannot part with my Complete JA as it has the Thompson ? Birch ? illus & only two of the singles have these. Sigh. Does your Kindle have these lovely drawings ?

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    Oh dear, nowhere even remotely near us then !

    Nor are the quakes, none of which have been very bad lately. With all that's happened, people become jittery over ones that they'd normally not worry about at all, I imagine-who wouldn't ? Earthquake drill is done in all schools, of course-everyone under the desk !

    The Chch ones still seem like a bad dream. I see wrecked streets & it still comes as a shock to realise that that's here-they're streets that I've known-its' not Beirut or somewhere like that. It was such a very lovely city.

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    All friends are welcome on AA.

    Well, it might be a bit of a squash fitting four in ! Top & tail ?

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    Actually, if they want a bed for a night or two in the Waikato, they're welcome !

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    Well, call me naive, but it wouldn't occur to me that a terrorist would use an oxygen whatsit-unless it was a huge bluff with the hope that something so large & obvious wouldn't be suspected. Possible but not VERY probable. If I were a terrorist, I might go for the obvious, but not THAT obvious. There's too much to lose. Actually, I wouldn't go on the plane myself, I'd try to smuggle the bomb on so that everyone else would be blown up while I was not.

    Tangent; no matter how often I hear that 10 men held Mumbai to ransom, it is a surprise. What organisation; at the time it seemed as if they were everywhere in the city. Surprise is a great weapon.The IRA were well aware of this, of course. Oh the shame of having an IRA member very much wanted who shared my maiden name, an uncommon in NZ & its being on our news !

    Would you like to send me a private note about where your rellies are going to be; I'd love to hear from them-a phonecall would be great. :)

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    :) why not come downunder & see what you think ? Late summer is a good time.

    I forgot to say to keep it covered when you melt the butter :-/ You probably already know this from messy experience !

    'Receipt' is so nice & Cranfordish, but I wouldn't use it in conversation as nobody would know what I meant-or hardly anyone !

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    The private note feature seems to be so private that it's invisible !

    The receipt (when did this word stop being used for recipes ?) that I use is

    Melt 2 tbs butter, stir in 2 tbs flour & a pinch of mustard (but I mostly forget this) and heat until bubbly (about 30 secs, I think)

    Stir in 1/4 cup milk, then 1/2 cup. Add 1-1 1/2 cups grated cheese.

    I just do it a minute at a time until it's ready, as I can't be bothered to heat the milk. You'll know when it is. It's been ages since I made it; all those calories !!!

    Did you want the microwave macaroni cheese ?

    NZ is a lovely place, I think. A miniature, really, with golden beaches & snowy mountains & fjords/fiords? all nice & handy to each other 'cos the country is so small-it's bigger than the UK, though ! We have 4,000,000 people so it's not too crowded.

    Australia is nice too, but some places are awfully HOT.

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    Thank you (looks modest)

    I love blue cheese; the bluer the better ! It really is a case of 'I hope that nobody else wants any.' And when it's on steak (faints at memory)

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lady Hermione

    Lady Hermione says

    I can send you a recipe for microwave macaroni cheese. You can use it for cauliflower cheese as well. I always make (made :-/ ) cheese sauce in the micro, so much easier.

    I wish that you'd all stop talking about cauliflower cheese !!! Torturers !!!

    Blue cheese is divino in sauces...steak with blue cheese sauce (faints )

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Dame Daisy Barksby-Pryce

    Dame Daisy Barksby-Pryce says

    Here's a link to a recipe close to the one I use (differs only in that it has actual MEASUREMENTS, as I rarely measure anything!) basically just cooked cauliflower+ bechamel+ cheese, and a little sprinkle of nutmeg is good, too. :)
    http://www.grouprecipes.com/34654/cauliflower-cheese.html

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    You're very welcome, dear Lady Anne -- I thought a simple bouquet might brighten your day. I would love to visit, but Sir Beverly has the strictest rules about visitation - forbidden under any circumstances. Also, I live in absolute terror of institutions and to set foot in the place would set my gastric juices into an uproar. Still, isn't it lovely that you're able to visit us via satellite? It's been such a treat to have you back again. The treatment is having a marvellous effect, as Sir Bev promised it would. He tells me you've even finished The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes! I can't wait for the discussion. I suppose I'll have to divide it up into a different thread for each story. Such corkers they are. I've read them a hundred times and I never tire of them.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    BBC America has turned out to be an utter waste. It's all Top Gear and Graham Norton and cleaning out one's attic. I watch Reggie Perrin on PBS, and I wish they'd bring Kingdom back already.

    Connie Willis is very near the top of my queue. I bought two of her novels around the time I first found Shelfari, and aim to knock at least one of them out this year. The Doomsday Book sounds like the perfect fit.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    I loved Doc Martin, and have recently been watching Martin Clunes in Reggie Perrin. It's no Doc Martin, but I enjoy Clunes so. The Monarch series is based on the novel, but the series is set today, where the novel is between the wars and focused on an earlier generation. For me, this hasn't been one of those must-read-the-book-first cases. What are you reading these days that has captured your fancy? That you might recommend? Do tell.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    (grins) Then in order from here on out! Here's a list of the books (in reverse order):

    http://www.agatharaisin.com/?section=series

    I'm halfway through Compton Mackenzie's Monarch of the Glen, which has been far more amusing than I'd expected it to be, and I plan to read his other comedy as soon as I can find a copy.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    Read them in order, do! Part of the pleasure is in watching the developments between Col Lacey & Mrs Raisin.

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton says

    Heya, Bette -
    I just noticed you'd rated an Agatha Raisin. I've been picking my way through them recently. Pitch perfect distraction after days spend thinking and talking about weightier things with twenty-year-olds.
    How are you?
    -sweet

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    He's got some ardent admirers at AA, and this one seems the likely candidate for our group read, since the only other Asiatic novel I can think of is "The Painted Veil" which we read two years ago. Thanks for the insight!

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Lord Manleigh

    Lord Manleigh says

    Hullo, Lady Anne. I see you just read "A Moon and Sixpence" and rated it very highly. Does it have llots of time spent in the Pacific Islands? I.e., do you think it would it be a good choice for our AA Abroad Asia-Pacific leg this year?

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Dame Dixie

    Dame Dixie says

    My word! I'm so glad that you've been restored to good health.

    My little family and I are quite well. Mr. B (I can no longer call someone who is 54" tall 'bubby') is in first grade. I discovered at the end of last school year that he had been inviting a little girl to breakfast. When she told him she had no money, he assured her that she could put her meal on his tab. The little toot. This year, he has the little girls all vying to do his homework for him. What will I do when he's a teenager?
    XXX

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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