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In this one novel I have traveled to so many places: England, Canada, parts of California. I especially enjoyed the author, Elizabeth Bourne's travels and move to California. She had friends in Carmel, San Francisco and she built a home in Silicon Valley for a couple to buy. A Fickle Wind by Elizabeth Bourne is filled with the usual life all of us live: marriage misunderstandings, in-law problems, parental problems and our struggles with where and how we want to make a living for the rest of our lives.  The problems we face are like fickle winds: unpredictable, confusing and miserable. This does not mean Elizabeth Bourne led a life of unhappiness. She is the type of woman who knows how to grasp hold of the wheel of a sail boat and hold on for dear life. She isn't going to let life just sweep her to and fro without a time out to look at her map again and gain a new perspective if necessary. She is a graceful and strong woman. This is one of the important lessons I discovere

http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com " When I was in preschool, I had a teacher named Starlily. She wore rainbow tie-dyed dresses and was always bringing in cookies that were made with granola and flax and had no taste."

http://www.fredasvoice.com "We were both young and from England, and we had each married just before moving to Canada. Doreen's ethnicity was Czech, and her parents had escaped just prior to the Nazi occupation of their country. They had been put into an English refugee camp. Doreen was in utero when her parents arrived in England, and she was named for the woman who had masterminded their escape. "

http://www.feelingbeachie.com If I eat too many_____, I_______  Running a____is______ Why is it that_________? Where do you_____? 1. If I eat too many cookies, I feel overstuffed. 2.Running a house is not easy. 3.Why is it that I can't get organized? 4.Where do you go to church?

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com I finished Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. I finished Breaking All The Rules by Rhonda McKnight. I finished Return to Love by Kathleen Shoop. This is a courtest copy for review. This is from Beck Valley. The blog tour is listed at the top of the page. Now I'm reading for KREGEL Candle Prayers for Kids by Claire Freedman. I am also reading Sister Betty Says I Do by Pat G'org Walker. Also, The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier.

" The men found me weeding among the strawberries. I have planted them so that there's a place for me to kneel easily and weed. I don't think much of them as plants--the flowers don't smell and the leaves are neither soft nor  prickly nor thin nor fat. But the fruit is heavenly. Now in early summer the berries have begun to grow but are still small and hard and have little scent. Once the fruit is ripe, though, I would happily spend all day in this square of the garden, crushing the berries between my fingers to smell and taste...I am happiest in my garden. It is the safest place in the world." http://www.shouldbereadingwordpress.com

"Alienor didn't seem to be listening to him, but was wrinkling her nose in disgust. Then I smelled it, and a moment later Noiclas did too. " Bon Dieu, what is that" he cried. " It smells like a barrow full of piss!" "It's Jacques Le Boeuf," I said. " The woad dyer." "Is that what woad smells like? I've never been near the stuff. In Paris they have to work outside the city walls in a place no one goes near."  a European herb ( Isatis tinctoria ) of the mustard family formerly grown for the blue dyestuff yielded by its leaves; also :   this dyestuff http://merriam-webster.com " http://bermudaonion.net