Only a friend who had once lived and worked in Haiti would be thrilled to be your guest when there’s no place to sit down in your house and would choose to sleep on a sofa with no cushions! That’s our Blythe. There are so many facets to our friendship, one of which is that she is a weaver. So we made a trip to a weaver’s mecca, Earth Guild in Asheville. While we were there we attended Mass at the very beautiful St Lawrence Basilica and drove home via the Blue Ridge Parkway.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.
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