The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Wednesday, 7 December 2011

A Song for Christmas

This is the post I was going to publish yesterday, to tie in with Jenny Overton’s The Thirteen Days of Christmas, but I went out , so here,...

Monday, 5 December 2011

Gifts that Cause a lot of Noise and Mess...

“When Prudence Kitson asked her father what he would like for Christmas, he sighed and said, ‘A husband for your sister.’ So begins The Thir...

Sunday, 4 December 2011

Minced Pyes

I love reading old recipes – or receipts as they were once called – so here’s a seasonal one to celebrate Day Four of the Advent Bookfest. I...

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Carols and Mulled Ale

For Day Three of the Advent Bookfest I couldn’t resist the carol singing field-mice in Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows . Ratty and...

Friday, 2 December 2011

Stitching a Picture of the Past

Day Two in my Advent Bookfest reminds me of my own childhood although, I hasten to add, I am younger than the author. At the end of December...

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