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Beauty and the Beast
Tonight I unearthed the PAL VHS of the Beauty and the Beast show I was in, in London way back when. This is not the slick, professional...
Lizzy Shannon
Dec 27, 20092 min read
Another Blog from Northern Ireland
Yesterday on Facebook I joked about time-traveling when I visited a 2,000 year-old monolithic portal tomb in Northern Ireland. How could...
Lizzy Shannon
Jun 2, 20093 min read
I encounter my past (sort of!)
Dad is behaving himself, more or less. He's being polite to me, but doesn't think I can hear him when he shouts at inanimate objects,...
Lizzy Shannon
Apr 26, 20093 min read
A Yankee at Robin Hill
My brother, Steve, and my sister-in-law, Moya, flew over from Scotland to spend the first five days with me whilst Dad was in hospital. ...
Lizzy Shannon
Jun 10, 20085 min read
Adventures in First Class
The flight over was so much better than my last experience. Knowing it would take a considerable bribe to bring me back to look after...
Lizzy Shannon
Jun 7, 20086 min read
I can use a fork 5 ways to kill a man...
Oh brother! Was at a formal women's luncheon today and a Floridian female heard my accent and asked, (in total sincerity), "Are you in...
Lizzy Shannon
May 19, 20081 min read
Child-u-cation
I've been having a most interesting time, lately. My neigbor's child minder got sick, so I was drafted to look after the...
Lizzy Shannon
Apr 14, 20082 min read
Scotland & Worldcon
Finally escaped Northern Ireland and am over in Inverness with Scotty. Today we drove round Loch Ness and searched for the monster. ...
Lizzy Shannon
Aug 9, 20062 min read
"Fat Americans" - thanks Dad
Monday 25 July Just a note to tell you how WONDERUL Stone's English Ginger Wine is. :-) Scotty arrived early this morning. He lasted...
Lizzy Shannon
Jul 28, 20064 min read
Scottish 'pipe-cleaning'
Scott and I spent our last day having lunch and shopping in the town of Ballynahinch, County Down. As we approached The Primrose Bar,...
Lizzy Shannon
Apr 26, 20062 min read
Meet Peat Bog
Who says a rolling stone gathers no moss? A tumbling human certainly does! Well, twigs and leaves and bugs, anyway. Out with the dogs...
Lizzy Shannon
Aug 8, 20053 min read
It's raining goats... er, men!
As the song says, "It's raining men!" What a weird day it's been. It started with the postman delivering a small package. "Mornin''"...
Lizzy Shannon
Apr 10, 20054 min read
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