by Marlene Bumgarner | Dec 29, 2014 | Christmas in Yorkshire
I left Yorkshire yesterday and traveled by train over the Pennines (“the backbone of England”) to Lancashire and members of the other side of my family tree. Before leaving, however, I started writing the story of Libby Clegg, a fictitious little girl...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Dec 21, 2014 | Christmas in Yorkshire
I’ve been in England for eleven days. Between the long list of tasks that come with taking an international trip and a full schedule of visits to friends, relatives, and events since I arrived, all wonderful, I’ve become less and less engaged, and less and...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Dec 8, 2014 | Christmas in Yorkshire
I woke up the middle of the night, suddenly remembering that I had not yet dealt with the international elecrical current situation. I’ve been to several different countries in the last four decades, and the complications of powering hair dryers and charging...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Dec 1, 2014 | Christmas in Yorkshire
I can hardly contain my excitement. My plane reservations to the UK are confirmed; my housing arrangements secured; in my hand are tickets to a Christmas Concert at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Alhambra Theater in...