For Charlotte Lancaster

Dearest Readers,

The Author regrets her absence the past few months. Please bear with her as she converts to first person narration and gets a tad personal.

I haven’t felt able to post anew without remarking on my Grandmother, who died in September. My Grandmother, known by the nom de plume ‘Charlotte Lancaster’ in her many replies to the Diligent Observer, was my most Diligent Reader. Her witty responses and astute observations these past (gosh!) eight years were always a delight and great encouragement to me.

She mostly replied directly to me via email, not in the comments section, so I would like to share a few that other Readers will not have seen and might enjoy:

• A predicament I had not considered for the spiral stairs I’d like to climb: “would you be carrying groceries?”
• In reply to School of Building: “It is a very sensible title.”
• In reply to Water Fountain Dragons: “Very satisfying dragons.”
• A very logical explanation to the large cigarette in Tokyo: “If it were smaller it would look like a gun.”
• In reply to ‘Matchy Matchy Matchy’: “if you have the fabric, then use it up! Maybe  a skirt to match, or at least a hair ribbon.”
• In reply to ‘A Sad Building’: “It only  has one eye.”
• She recalled a childhood visit to Whitemarsh Hall for her classmate’s (a Stotesbury grandchild) birthday party, where the entertainment included a ventriloquist.

I will miss receiving her comments.  Thank you for bearing with me, dear Reader.  I’ll carry on, now, sharing my musing and curiosities.