Mudlarking In London

<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Beachcombing the River Thames in London</div><div style="text-align: center;">is known as 'mudlarking'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQmWTVPGr3iPhCpHxBbpZ7DKInfahA3ZdfI1ijXzLd0ePhO9pmB5ozABU2tCQDzz2Ga7v_KRDOhliclrqrvjIBFdVJCL0P5INpal-vKfRMS7HiMfoO9VzNw4OLbanwnn-z7iKisjYUzAm/s1600/photo+1-172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQmWTVPGr3iPhCpHxBbpZ7DKInfahA3ZdfI1ijXzLd0ePhO9pmB5ozABU2tCQDzz2Ga7v_KRDOhliclrqrvjIBFdVJCL0P5INpal-vKfRMS7HiMfoO9VzNw4OLbanwnn-z7iKisjYUzAm/s640/photo+1-172.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the 18th and 19th centuries,</div><div style="text-align: center;">impoverished boys and girls aged 8 to 15</div><div style="text-align: center;">scavenged the river's mud at low tide </div><div style="text-align: center;">in search of treasures to sell</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a dirty and unsafe job,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as the river was a receptacle for raw sewage </div><div style="text-align: center;">and dumping ground for the city's rubbish</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today it is a bit of a gold mine for seeing into the past</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQzNbQ38ld9Y3uwwn8JNvfwRwr5K4SZ_c8_2btR1oYKvKj2RWz7m8JxLPXKtfSaLnJcS725grQFetogP4hOBFB8WSQmWi9VMJWdVtcOzgwUAb_YH-M7GYGr8WBNGhGMaCsmt1AXWWIzsn/s1600/photo+5-016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQzNbQ38ld9Y3uwwn8JNvfwRwr5K4SZ_c8_2btR1oYKvKj2RWz7m8JxLPXKtfSaLnJcS725grQFetogP4hOBFB8WSQmWi9VMJWdVtcOzgwUAb_YH-M7GYGr8WBNGhGMaCsmt1AXWWIzsn/s640/photo+5-016.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Led by Fiona, a local expert archaeologist,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a group of us collected a few things along the bank</div><div style="text-align: center;">we thought might be of interest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We showed her our loot,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and in a nonplussed way she told us much of it dated</div><div style="text-align: center;">to Victorian times or earlier</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once she showed us what to look for,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we saw Victorian roof tiles scattered on the bank</div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as old yellow bricks</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clay tiles with grey streaks were Victorian</div><div style="text-align: center;">Solid red tiles could be dated to Tudor times</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And if tiles showed signs of being burned, </div><div style="text-align: center;">they could be from the Great Fire of London in 1666</div><div style="text-align: center;">(as they threw everything into the river to clean up after the fire)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaznQfOL15klzXut_GBblmXiq4gTPqBlyNDG6vjwFTzRJqkaS4BrXPh48g27blqESvlTfGw8wnisOLXg0CydYk9fPkTci_s2QR9cXO1aMgjf19Uk5Lx4OgiC36Ltrr0rpcD6NjVk9EZd1_/s1600/photo+4-019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaznQfOL15klzXut_GBblmXiq4gTPqBlyNDG6vjwFTzRJqkaS4BrXPh48g27blqESvlTfGw8wnisOLXg0CydYk9fPkTci_s2QR9cXO1aMgjf19Uk5Lx4OgiC36Ltrr0rpcD6NjVk9EZd1_/s640/photo+4-019.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And yes, that's a bone</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We found glass waste from a factory that</div><div style="text-align: center;">operated nearby from 1700s - 1800s</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pottery known as 'tin-glazed ware'</div><div style="text-align: center;">would have been discarded</div><div style="text-align: center;">from kilns located on the shore </div><div style="text-align: center;">between 15th and 17th centuries</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clay pipes were like cigarette butts of the time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">popular by smokers between 1580 and 1930</div><div style="text-align: center;">We saw these everywhere</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9NIIa3OjQMN5odOKyJzDN366cNPKVAT1tgv8RxW-lLGvQYof5oJs41djLia_OOO_dxgWJvkkl-qcggeyjkkMJGzHqifV9MnJs8tgypNBNRCZ_FP1Xtvvz0bgtlLbuwGoEDsGjJTmVJ_4/s1600/photo+5-018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9NIIa3OjQMN5odOKyJzDN366cNPKVAT1tgv8RxW-lLGvQYof5oJs41djLia_OOO_dxgWJvkkl-qcggeyjkkMJGzHqifV9MnJs8tgypNBNRCZ_FP1Xtvvz0bgtlLbuwGoEDsGjJTmVJ_4/s640/photo+5-018.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clay pipes and a very old shard of tin-glazed ware (the piece with one blue stripe)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The plentiful metal nails and scrap were from the shipyard</div><div style="text-align: center;">that once stood where we searched </div><div style="text-align: center;">(late 1600s - late 1800s)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clearly they were handmade and did not look uniform in shape</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The most important discovery of the day</div><div style="text-align: center;">was a piece of coral found by someone in our group</div><div style="text-align: center;">- Fiona asked if she could take it to the Zoo as they are piecing together</div><div style="text-align: center;">what types of coral lived in the river -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although you could mudlark on your own,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you wouldn't know what you were seeing</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I would highly recommend giving it a go with Fiona</div><div style="text-align: center;">- great for all ages -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLG2MWK0qQtKpwGaO1SZADniEGL0pVlGgsB5XqS8Y2GI3jU2DbBoIU5zOTd5nhX4SYPfNHw8V4O4uRh8JX6c7nT2lzOKRKGoQ1t7Fzw29JRKNaoFt_deJOumuhwCvSXfz4jpV3REyH4dU/s1600/photo+2-020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLG2MWK0qQtKpwGaO1SZADniEGL0pVlGgsB5XqS8Y2GI3jU2DbBoIU5zOTd5nhX4SYPfNHw8V4O4uRh8JX6c7nT2lzOKRKGoQ1t7Fzw29JRKNaoFt_deJOumuhwCvSXfz4jpV3REyH4dU/s640/photo+2-020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were thrilled with our success</div><div style="text-align: center;">and thankful the bank was pebbly and mud-free</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll never look at the Thames the same :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- photos by me -</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mudlarking via <a href="http://www.walks.com/">London Walks</a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">(a nonsponsored post)</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; 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Mudlarking In London

Beachcombing the River Thames in London is known as 'mudlarking' In the 18th and 19th centuries, impoverished boys and girls aged 8 ...

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Thanksgiving's Hedgerows

<br /><div style="text-align: center;">As America celebrates Thanksgiving tomorrow</div><div style="text-align: center;">- a day of loved ones, traditional food, and American football -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">my family and I will celebrate our fourth year in a nation</div><div style="text-align: center;">that doesn't pause for the holiday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have a new normal with new traditions,</div><div style="text-align: center;">such as traipsing down to a local pub with friends and family</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The pub may serve Yorkshire Pudding as well as other English surprises</div><div style="text-align: center;">One never knows!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> (pubs are family friendly</div><div style="text-align: center;">and not at all like American bars)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Darkness is a cloak as early as 4pm</div><div style="text-align: center;">and autumn leaves continue to fall gently like giant snowflakes</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am delayed on the road lately</div><div style="text-align: center;">due to local hedges being trimmed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ2YeMjTNa3Vj75esCdpQEWz2bYKo2deF4rgwb_cwSRfmVzTKl9pXtC3_tF6l87UcfASwDq5bfTE-aDo12KtUOl9ogU1xJ79utPmOeeG-CpidNjuYNZDiLRNZGvJvMrZI13Ej3cetWg3T/s1600/photo+1-022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ2YeMjTNa3Vj75esCdpQEWz2bYKo2deF4rgwb_cwSRfmVzTKl9pXtC3_tF6l87UcfASwDq5bfTE-aDo12KtUOl9ogU1xJ79utPmOeeG-CpidNjuYNZDiLRNZGvJvMrZI13Ej3cetWg3T/s640/photo+1-022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you've visited the English countryside,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you cannot help but notice the hedgerows</div><div style="text-align: center;">that create perimeters around farmland and property</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hedges create super-highways for wildlife across the countryside</div><div style="text-align: center;">- so many are connected -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and provide a bounty of food with its berries and fruit</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A place of shelter, I find such great comfort in these living barriers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like a cutie-pie hedgehog traveling along the hedgerows,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I find thankfulness in the sweet tidbits and friends I meet along my path</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving, wherever you may be in the hedgerows :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- photo by me -</span></i></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Thanksgiving's Hedgerows

As America celebrates Thanksgiving tomorrow - a day of loved ones, traditional food, and American football - my family and I will celebrate ...

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Puppy Raised English

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hiya! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(that's English for 'hello')</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm Millie,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a 5 month old spaniel<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1C8zmG6Sj_nCW7EH_37kb0DuTQhJsJOPyJ_db4M-olKvy-FESiROPPOSk0cc8Vdx-kibxsRLmXZfv2_LWf2lNVGQTy4RsFIN7s3zz2igwidSMKUC1D0fhduVJ3SX3fPmvvokDy5WoS7j/s1600/photo+3-014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1C8zmG6Sj_nCW7EH_37kb0DuTQhJsJOPyJ_db4M-olKvy-FESiROPPOSk0cc8Vdx-kibxsRLmXZfv2_LWf2lNVGQTy4RsFIN7s3zz2igwidSMKUC1D0fhduVJ3SX3fPmvvokDy5WoS7j/s640/photo+3-014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to tell you a bit about my puppy class in England,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which may interest my American doggy friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is <u>really</u> different from the US!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNl6XGxgPUQM4D13c00tZfS9bn0-7dc39R2f9ILuQL2bRg5psAEkCBenAPT6BKhzVXSj6B5pFemfGtD1LGEQWx4NbuSlOTz0w7g75gQZh2oOdXg7d9dB4J0v0ie7uBUwqAVB7MS9sR_MG_/s1600/photo+4-012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNl6XGxgPUQM4D13c00tZfS9bn0-7dc39R2f9ILuQL2bRg5psAEkCBenAPT6BKhzVXSj6B5pFemfGtD1LGEQWx4NbuSlOTz0w7g75gQZh2oOdXg7d9dB4J0v0ie7uBUwqAVB7MS9sR_MG_/s640/photo+4-012.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My school</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rain or shine</div><div style="text-align: center;">we meet weekly in a grassy field at a nearby farm</div><div style="text-align: center;">with chickens, guinea fowl and sheep</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Boris, Bertie, Tess, and Fleur are some of the pups in my 'small dog' class</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite part of class is off-leash playtime</div><div style="text-align: center;">to give my brain a little rest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fleur is my best playmate</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't you love those ears?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nnOubaAOloTP_PsJ7Ge9lwgxgX1Y2n1YGKlKaNH02rEfkF488u8vRSbwv-uxZqPgNKdGat7QPlOWZYeCfl2Voi1tBgVwN4azwWsZV347sAswIp8p3xEO86zgoKlxV0LJropauzXB80V9/s1600/photo+5+(6)-002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nnOubaAOloTP_PsJ7Ge9lwgxgX1Y2n1YGKlKaNH02rEfkF488u8vRSbwv-uxZqPgNKdGat7QPlOWZYeCfl2Voi1tBgVwN4azwWsZV347sAswIp8p3xEO86zgoKlxV0LJropauzXB80V9/s400/photo+5+(6)-002.JPG" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet Fleur, the sweetest French Bulldog</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I was surprised in my very first class</div><div style="text-align: center;">we worked on 'lie down' </div><div style="text-align: center;">(which would have come later in a US class)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The goal is to have me off leash in public </div><div style="text-align: center;">and under my owner's control at all times</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For our 5th class</div><div style="text-align: center;">we met for a country hike</div><div style="text-align: center;">- off leash -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At first we were a tumbly mess of puppy pile</div><div style="text-align: center;">- we are such a playful group -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then one of us said, Hey! Our people left without us!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So off we sprinted to find our owners</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although our humans were concerned we may run off,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we went for more tumbles and checked in with our owners periodically<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1aX2pVaUo6nRJ8yiA_RJb5JmfMAtThFHNR8r4pzKWYTlyRrqBs3H1BCl9RJBxfoiT4h_lDo-3H1bHwS4RIk10HTp1pTSlPhKfonpkNisIojqM98goWzWXYHDUw5tGg3mL2htd-T0fhiw/s1600/photo+3-009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1aX2pVaUo6nRJ8yiA_RJb5JmfMAtThFHNR8r4pzKWYTlyRrqBs3H1BCl9RJBxfoiT4h_lDo-3H1bHwS4RIk10HTp1pTSlPhKfonpkNisIojqM98goWzWXYHDUw5tGg3mL2htd-T0fhiw/s640/photo+3-009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At times Laura blew a whistle to indicate I needed to find her</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was rewarded with a treat and accolades and off I went again</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was super fun</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The following week we were back at the farm</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laura went on the other side of a fence and </div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed to work out how to get to her through a series of gates</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was in case I get stuck somewhere</div><div style="text-align: center;">and would have the confidence and knowledge to work it out by myself</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We continue to work on sit/stay and heel</div><div style="text-align: center;">on and off lead in school</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wow, is it hard when there are so many friends and good smells to distract me!<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabj6BABP1h_fEMUs4C-I0R_hhr51qs1RqvTBL01yHjfvgReuPKpN_a5z5Q7s8D0Ty0u5ehhwCPrHLG2TDjGymC839jf7ZfNbY6T37VatMqlrCh17MFlg-G6Lxjjmr1HIeepLZ1hhkdGVh/s1600/photo+1-015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabj6BABP1h_fEMUs4C-I0R_hhr51qs1RqvTBL01yHjfvgReuPKpN_a5z5Q7s8D0Ty0u5ehhwCPrHLG2TDjGymC839jf7ZfNbY6T37VatMqlrCh17MFlg-G6Lxjjmr1HIeepLZ1hhkdGVh/s640/photo+1-015.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My classroom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a few weeks</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the class will go for coffee for an hour</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will practice my sit/stay/lie down next to Laura</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I should be well behaved the whole time I am in the coffee house</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hmm, sounds like a challenge</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think puppy classes are a lot different here</div><div style="text-align: center;">than in the US</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will grow up with my classmates, as the class is ongoing</div><div style="text-align: center;">At one point I can join a specialized spaniel group,</div><div style="text-align: center;">try agility classes or gun dog training</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For now,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I still have a lot to learn and practice</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my puppy class</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a good girl</div><div style="text-align: center;">Woof :)<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- photos by my person, laura -</span></i></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Puppy Raised English

Hiya!  (that's English for 'hello') I'm Millie, a 5 month old spaniel I want to tell you a bit about my puppy class in Engla...

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Hint Hunt London

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Browsing <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g186338-Activities-London_England.html">TripAdvisor</a>'s site for things to do,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was surprised to see this activity currently ranked</div><div style="text-align: center;">as the #1 Attraction in London</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY6DF4ACVFWApFBLfri_M5xLRWzzTx1VApsV7w2m1Vs5Ix-QUk4utfGTgkpLygHnJIkOlPk1gbjmunrJYJ3AtV5YtJTIguXqD5B7JN4ayPex01KmwTx1AZtSBehK-AKWRP1DSURhbQd4O/s1600/541252_305351182869701_493306453_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY6DF4ACVFWApFBLfri_M5xLRWzzTx1VApsV7w2m1Vs5Ix-QUk4utfGTgkpLygHnJIkOlPk1gbjmunrJYJ3AtV5YtJTIguXqD5B7JN4ayPex01KmwTx1AZtSBehK-AKWRP1DSURhbQd4O/s640/541252_305351182869701_493306453_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So me</div><div style="text-align: center;">(being me),</div><div style="text-align: center;">HAD to check it out</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shrouded in mystery,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hint Hunt describes itself as</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A new simple and fun live escape game</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We lock up a handful of people (3 to 5)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>into a small space that looks like a normal room at first sight</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>However, it is a smartly designed environment where the captives</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>start discovering hidden objects, codes, keys, riddles and clues</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>to help them escape the room in 60 minutes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Created by a clever group of Hungarians, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hint Hunt has locations in London, Paris, and Cape Town</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was CRAZY fun</div><div style="text-align: center;">I promise it is nothing you have ever done before</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perfect for families or a group of friends,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hint Hunt is conveniently located across from Euston Station</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Put this on your 'must do' list for your next visit to London</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- minimum age of 9 with an adult -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More info: <a href="http://hinthunt.co.uk/">Hint Hunt</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(an unsponsored post)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><br />

Hint Hunt London

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C.S. Lewis

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigLdcva5AE2KK58uTBuZ-Pl8mmvTnYGB6Xu7JKi04flONsuaELsEs1P057eLR_rfe8LhSnI9WV4gBQgmbZRYxCK-t8EtKdhZaj8OwileE_7eNBboYJfsaQKhur5WWOB59o8S8JgIZGV0V/s1600/DSC05444-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigLdcva5AE2KK58uTBuZ-Pl8mmvTnYGB6Xu7JKi04flONsuaELsEs1P057eLR_rfe8LhSnI9WV4gBQgmbZRYxCK-t8EtKdhZaj8OwileE_7eNBboYJfsaQKhur5WWOB59o8S8JgIZGV0V/s640/DSC05444-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Last week I traveled to Oxford</div><div style="text-align: center;">to visit the home of C.S. Lewis,</div><div style="text-align: center;">who is famously known for writing</div><div style="text-align: center;">'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Today,</div><div style="text-align: center;">his home 'The Kilns'</div><div style="text-align: center;">is not a museum but a residence</div><div style="text-align: center;">that houses visiting scholars</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So many fun things to tell you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I'll try to stick to just a few...<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQE7UNJC24SxJt_wI0ATfIPP3ItPxZSM_L-_ivHInYyqHTC0LzjhWDLk6blSW3x_TnUMW9AgEWUOsY3NY0mwm6jeF7MCaO1WpVVhqudqWBJISqqbgnJ_owc5r3_ovVap5zN2wEH5AVCpm/s1600/DSC08450-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQE7UNJC24SxJt_wI0ATfIPP3ItPxZSM_L-_ivHInYyqHTC0LzjhWDLk6blSW3x_TnUMW9AgEWUOsY3NY0mwm6jeF7MCaO1WpVVhqudqWBJISqqbgnJ_owc5r3_ovVap5zN2wEH5AVCpm/s640/DSC08450-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having lost his bedroom key, <br />C.S. Lewis had to enter & exit his bedroom by the exterior stairs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1898</div><div style="text-align: center;">and was also known as 'Jack' in memory of his dog</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He was a professor at Oxford and Cambridge Universities</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Medieval and Renaissance Literature</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lewis knew many foreign languages<br />including Norse, Greek, and Latin</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He would play Scrabble with his brother</div><div style="text-align: center;">and wife with two sets of tiles<br />- words in any foreign language were permissible -<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfkMl2e9LwgTqrDkm7sq6XSOR0U-7hh8jIfwcJy7ntEAofMGKiMv8f4U_44lLkAlp-T3Z6ha7ciGYZNNnarPnWnTtEiKpDBXaKsdiwyy6t5GHPtKqnV1Yh-U25y-lEtzjGpqSmk4p1Sn2/s1600/DSC08435-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfkMl2e9LwgTqrDkm7sq6XSOR0U-7hh8jIfwcJy7ntEAofMGKiMv8f4U_44lLkAlp-T3Z6ha7ciGYZNNnarPnWnTtEiKpDBXaKsdiwyy6t5GHPtKqnV1Yh-U25y-lEtzjGpqSmk4p1Sn2/s640/DSC08435-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dining room where they played Scrabble</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">C.S. Lewis loved his house, The Kilns</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As he married later in life, he had had quite the bachelor pad</div><div style="text-align: center;">that was 'held up by books and cobwebs'<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16WzWd_jkq4ZCzVkUlTFnEn_Grfnf3sircUcOVax9o3pwugznW8wiNJ6gFYU0f0u5leCwnG3ja6AvcvMLYmiJGgfG84biKLgk1yh-x4vDunO_cZXzhYF2KTsPAjgGh6biaeYFBSwaDVBt/s1600/DSC08433-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16WzWd_jkq4ZCzVkUlTFnEn_Grfnf3sircUcOVax9o3pwugznW8wiNJ6gFYU0f0u5leCwnG3ja6AvcvMLYmiJGgfG84biKLgk1yh-x4vDunO_cZXzhYF2KTsPAjgGh6biaeYFBSwaDVBt/s640/DSC08433-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where C.S. Lewis chatted and smoked cigarettes with friends in his home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the help of photos,<br />the C.S. Lewis Foundation decided<br />to restore the house as to how it looked during WWII,<br />including blackout curtains<br /><br />You may remember<br />the four children in 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'<br />sent to the countryside home of an old professor<br />to find safety during WWII<br /><br />Likewise, C.S. Lewis housed 4 children (all girls) during the war<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJeDDzE_4qLvkT4S6bgGUHt7kArc5F9Td4OfV2lHvIGPE1K6kgEifkxDf2PLW1_SPzBHE7RjIcL1wOk43Jw9RfehW3tWBRjP4v_UYkNGWXnZnKxjrR5J3dTYMzvzjTOdPSPThnETsi6u5/s1600/DSC08446-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJeDDzE_4qLvkT4S6bgGUHt7kArc5F9Td4OfV2lHvIGPE1K6kgEifkxDf2PLW1_SPzBHE7RjIcL1wOk43Jw9RfehW3tWBRjP4v_UYkNGWXnZnKxjrR5J3dTYMzvzjTOdPSPThnETsi6u5/s640/DSC08446-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where C.S. Lewis most likely wrote his fictional books</div><div style="text-align: center;">(his nonfiction books probably were written in his office on campus)<br /><br /><div>From this window, C.S. Lewis would have viewed the nearby pond and woods</div>which were likely inspirations for his Narnia setting</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Interestingly, he did not use a typewriter,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but dipped his pen into an inkwell<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He claimed that during that pause to dip his pen</div><div style="text-align: center;">came his greatest creativity<br /><br />Although best known for 'The Chronicles of Narnia' written for children,<br />Lewis wrote 47 works of non-fiction, 11 fiction, and 4 poetry collections<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKcoH6BAMCsj0sAMJHDEGL0qxGsOlbkQX1GbTOOAplrKrBa16UwE41fqPMfQm3UXRqEihBSayjU3c5VNi4VsD24QqLx2nJMMEwHi-9bOOGpRckmoOLhZ7hs24mnK79j_cfUk7oXWXE0F7/s1600/DSC08466-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKcoH6BAMCsj0sAMJHDEGL0qxGsOlbkQX1GbTOOAplrKrBa16UwE41fqPMfQm3UXRqEihBSayjU3c5VNi4VsD24QqLx2nJMMEwHi-9bOOGpRckmoOLhZ7hs24mnK79j_cfUk7oXWXE0F7/s640/DSC08466-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of his closest friends was J.R.R. Tolkien</div><div style="text-align: center;">who wrote 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'<br /><br />Both men were professors at Oxford University,<br />served during WWI<br />and wrote during WWII<br /><br />They were passionate about words, languages, myths, and their religious faith<br />(Tolkien worked for the Oxford English Dictionary<br />defining words beginning with the letter 'W'<br />and later was a codebreaker during WWII)<br /><br />With unusual common interests<br />and fairy-tale success,<br />they were two peas in a pod, really<br /><br />In fact, it was Tolkien who influenced atheist Lewis to become a Christian<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74LmGpUPtB7fJGd8nOmXtZsDagLagujCjzn_vQXdczZnpvj1_M1POdKDSvkTqy7bhgvcmhHjwt_yq_8Hzp1EVlOmobajvHEnNN6z8ie3bExudacXqLlg0Z6V9dulLlLX3ziMl6MdovrPV/s1600/DSC08460-002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74LmGpUPtB7fJGd8nOmXtZsDagLagujCjzn_vQXdczZnpvj1_M1POdKDSvkTqy7bhgvcmhHjwt_yq_8Hzp1EVlOmobajvHEnNN6z8ie3bExudacXqLlg0Z6V9dulLlLX3ziMl6MdovrPV/s640/DSC08460-002.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pond and woods on C.S. Lewis's property</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />'The Chronicles of Narnia' series and 'The Lord of the Rings'<br />hold elements from fairy tales and mythology from other cultures<br />including Norse, Roman, Greek and Persian<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lewis, Tolkien, and a few other fellow writers</div><div style="text-align: center;">gathered at this pub weekly to discuss their current works<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They called themselves the 'Inklings'<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0U4wudANSQ8uS0w_jHZ1PKU3FLwIEZqfZKZ_95S2DfGhc0533w6AEtEXyeY-TmCNjG5-Z2ch0GdIYyHYB4ESxOy4Stvkz8EmeEuRDx29kDSzzTJ0oZtNi2VyuR7h2GCDl7NX8rgGIGUg/s1600/DSC08469-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0U4wudANSQ8uS0w_jHZ1PKU3FLwIEZqfZKZ_95S2DfGhc0533w6AEtEXyeY-TmCNjG5-Z2ch0GdIYyHYB4ESxOy4Stvkz8EmeEuRDx29kDSzzTJ0oZtNi2VyuR7h2GCDl7NX8rgGIGUg/s640/DSC08469-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">aka 'The Bird And The Baby' Pub</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />In this pub<br />the Inklings talked, drank, and shared their latest writing projects,<br />providing constructive criticism of each others work<br />from 1939 - 1962<br /><br />Lewis's 'Screwtape Letters' and Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'<br />were brought to the table here<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UVlV_gwwpRJOePBqN3PVaQdxHcI0PKDuN-XEExYcVvEwP9CAUfNtKhvK-ogSMuCyt5EIsIhSzls_BMDVb1UxJlz2z3xo8IRygRosrCQ_QoOsI3G7M9OV-__4VqmVF0kOolMzMh5CqAmt/s1600/DSC08475-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2UVlV_gwwpRJOePBqN3PVaQdxHcI0PKDuN-XEExYcVvEwP9CAUfNtKhvK-ogSMuCyt5EIsIhSzls_BMDVb1UxJlz2z3xo8IRygRosrCQ_QoOsI3G7M9OV-__4VqmVF0kOolMzMh5CqAmt/s640/DSC08475-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />C.S. Lewis died fifty years ago on November 22nd,<br />the same day President Kennedy was assassinated<br />and author Aldous Huxley of 'Brave New World' died<br /><br />After Lewis died,<br />his furniture and possessions were auctioned off uneventfully<br />and the multiple acre estate was sold off<br /><br />Today, 'The Kilns' is no longer a house in the country<br />but in the middle of a working class neighborhood in Oxford<br /><br />His pond and woods are open to the public as a Wildlife Trust nature reserve<br /><br />On November 22nd of this year,<br />a memorial stone will be placed in C.S. Lewis's honor at<br />Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey<br />in the good company of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPncsQ7M9yS-Df-wFlo_K9HxYs0eC4xT746QiwBqdoplBWZJcSBtMuOgbv3_lmC5_IroYAHroe-U9rQW6zjjWijon-Zts74m_890wLVLWyEWQak7FbLw9LI_DI8wIm9ekZbF1UI_51k67/s1600/il_570xN.283609557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPncsQ7M9yS-Df-wFlo_K9HxYs0eC4xT746QiwBqdoplBWZJcSBtMuOgbv3_lmC5_IroYAHroe-U9rQW6zjjWijon-Zts74m_890wLVLWyEWQak7FbLw9LI_DI8wIm9ekZbF1UI_51k67/s640/il_570xN.283609557.jpg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fine art print for sale via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/JaneHeinrichs?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Jane Heinrichs</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And to think this is how it all started...<br /><br /><i>''</i>The Lion <i>all began with a picture of a Faun carrying an umbrella</i><br /><i>and parcels in a snowy wood.</i><br /><i>This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen.</i><br /><i>Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself,</i><br /><i>'Let's try to make a story about it'.''</i><br /><i>- C.S. Lewis</i><br /><br />He is such a great story<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">- photos by me -</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Read more about children evacuated during WWII <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/english-children-of-wwii.html">here</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Tours by appointment only, <a href="http://www.cslewis.org/ourprograms/thekilns/kilnstour/">here</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Source: </span><a href="http://www.cslewis.org/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">C.S.Lewis Foundation</a>, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/">Wikipedia</a>, </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/29/cs-lewis-narnia-facts-_n_2209399.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Huffington Post</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">(an unsponsored post)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

C.S. Lewis

Last week I traveled to Oxford to visit the home of C.S. Lewis, who is famously known for writing 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe...

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