Since my niece was born about a decade ago, I knew I wanted to go with her to Disney World. Then when my nephew was born a few years later, I knew I also wanted to go to Disney with him. My sister said we had to wait until the younger of the two was Read more

An American in Austen starring Eliza Bennett? OMG, the starring role is played by an actress named after Pride and Prejudice‘s (P&P) heroine. What a coincidence! Well, the latest Hallmark Loveuary film must be about P&P. Oh, yes! After last week’s film (Love & Jane, which I blogged about already) where a character named Lilly Read more

Gosh, this promotional image for Hallmark’s second “Loveuary” movie made me think I was about to watch a love story set in a library. Well, close–there are books (the film is sometimes set in a bookstore). But the movie annoyed me…and bored me. I fell asleep while watching it, and I don’t plan to finish Read more

On February 3, 2024, Hallmark aired the first of its “Loveuary” pics: Paging Mr. Darcy. This romcom is written by award-winning playwright Reina Hardy, and follows a fictional Austen scholar who travels to attend a Jane Austen conference called “The Jane Austen League of America Annual Conference and Ball” and, of course, falls in love Read more

It’s February, the month of love. Of course Hallmark is on it, and this year they are mashing up all of their usual stuff with Jane Austen. That’s right. They have called it “Loveuary.” For the entire month of February, Hallmark is releasing new Austen adaptations. As an Austen scholar, I should hate this, right? Read more

I love that the Weston Library (a part of the Bodleian libraries) always has a free exhibit on. I saw one last week called “Gifts & Books: From Early Myth to the Present.” It was packed with all kinds of books! I’m going to share with you some of my favorite things from the exhibit, Read more

Until a couple of weeks ago I had never heard of “punting” outside of American football. Time to punt the ball! But Adam introduced me to something the Brits call punting, and it has to do with being on a river with a shallow boat and giant pole. Punting is the act of being on Read more

While Adam came to England to work with and learn from people at the University of Oxford, I came here to support Adam and to have a writing retreat. I am writing a book about Jane Austen, so being in England just adds a bit more inspiration. 🙂 I knew that as a faculty member Read more

I came to Oxford this summer to meet up with my husband, Adam, who was taking part in a course at Oxford University, specifically at Lady Margaret Hall (LMH). In the picture above, and some below, you see how beautiful the campus is–as well as why it’s famous. LMH is special in that it was Read more