Second Anniversary It seems I've just passed the second anniversary of my blog here on WordPress. I've written 51 posts in the past year, but have fallen behind my Classics Club reading, managing only 5 classics book reviews against a target of 10. There are so many other interesting and compelling books to read and …
Category: Anniversaries
A Thoughtful, Studious Man
A Fathers' Day Tribute John Lockhart Junior, February 1905- July 1987 (adapted and abridged from my family history book Tapestry) My father, John Lockhart Junior, was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, in 1905, the third son of John and Georgina Greenfield Lockhart. My grandfather had grown up in London but, with his parents, emigrated to the …
'Tis the Season to be Jolly!
Carols and Other Celebrations Deck the hall with boughs of holly! 'Tis the season to be jolly. Fah-Lah-Lah! Don we now our bright apparel. Sing the ancient yuletide carol! Fah-Lah-Lah! See the blazing yule before us! Strike the harp and join the chorus! Fah-Lah-Lah! Follow me in merry measure, while I tell of yuletide treasure. …
First Anniversary
It scarcely seems possible but it's already a year since I posted my first book review on WordPress! It seems I've written 54 blogs since then. 36 of them have been book reviews, including 10 "classics" for the Classics Club. Since I'm committed to read and review 50 of these classic novels in five years …
Bookheathen Scribblings 