Let's go inside a hobbit house!
JRR Tolkien’s Hobbiton, Inside a Hobbit House
Let's go inside a hobbit house!
Category: Travel
JRR Tolkien’s Hobbiton, in New Zealand
A detour to Tolkien's delightful Hobbiton!
Travels and Writing
Speaking, traveling, and writing about Austen and the church; so many wonderful opportunities!
Stoneleigh Abbey: The Big Picture
Stoneleigh Abbey is a lovely location where Jane Austen stayed. It seems to have influenced several of her novels.
The Stoneleigh Abbey Chapel and Mansfield Park
The Stoneleigh Abbey chapel was likely the model for the chapel at Sotherton, where a key scene takes place in Mansfield Park.
A Life of Her Own: The Story of Margaret Dashwood, by Wendy Zomparelli, Austen Variation with Science and Faith
Wendy Zomparelli's A LIfe of Her Own gives Margaret Dashwood a love of science and archaeology, and her own dreams to fulfill.
Jane Austen Family Churches: Steventon and Chawton
For much of her life, Jane Austen worshiped in the churches at Steventon and Chawton, both named after St. Nicholas.
Travel in Jane Austen’s England
Travelers in Jane Austen's England used all kinds of vehicles, though none were very safe or very fast.
Romance in Zanzibar: Princess Salme
A Zanzibari princess of the 1800s fell in love and abandoned her lovely home to become a German housewife. Her memoirs drew East and West closer together.
Of Catholics, Riots, and the Theatre in Bath
Catholics in Jane Austen's England suffered many restrictions and sometimes even violence. In Bath, they eventually found a place to worship in the Old Orchard Street Theatre.
Faith, Science, Joy, and Jane Austen 