Reblogged August 12 from Rebekah Lyn's Kitchen Filed under: friends,history,travel — itsrebekahlyn @ 8:15 AM Tags: Bucket List, Bunratty Castle, Cliffs of Moher, history, Hospitality, Laundry, Misadventures, Wild Atlantic Way The drive from Kylemore to the town of Barna, just outside Galway City, took about an hour … [Read more...]
The Clouds of History
Reblogged July 8, 2019 from REBEKAH LYN'S KITCHEN Come have a cup of coffee The Clouds Of History July 5, 2019 Filed under: Books,friends,travel — itsrebekahlyn @ 6:59 PM A gray and weeping sky greeted us Thursday morning, which fit our exhausted spirits. We were thankful to have a slower day planned and dawdled over breakfast in the hotel restaurant before meeting our … [Read more...]
The Palmetto House.. a Memoir
A note from Onisha I enjoy reading novels based on family histories. It probably comes from my insatiable curiosity about how and why people make their life decisions. Author Fred Wascura. my husband's cousin wrote Winds from the Mountains which tells the story of his family and their emigration to America from the Rusyn village of Osturna by the Tatra Mountains. Even though … [Read more...]
Army of Worn Soles~Cover Reveal
I've been fascinated with Russian history since I was a teenager and have read a variety of historical accounts as well as a range of Russian literature. When I first heard about Scott Bury's new release, Army of Worn Soles, I immediately put it on my to-be-read list. 1941: Soldiers retreat across Ukraine even when their boots wear out. Three months after drafting him, the … [Read more...]