Top Ten Spiritual Jane Austen Places
I'm thrilled to post this! (Thanks, BajaJaneite for sending in the link -- I've been wanting to share it with you all.)
I did a gallery for BeliefNet with pictures from my trip and thoughts on the spiritual Austen places I visited -- spiritual being rather loosely defined, as in perhaps relating to (ahem...) the cult of Colin Firth. ;-)
Check it out! The pics are some of my absolute favorites. They're also running an excerpt from my book.
Photo of the Roman Baths (copyright Lori Smith 2005)
Oh, does that bring back memories. I visited Bath -- I think it was the first time I was in England, with a group from my college. And I got sick as a dog. (Cramps, plus the effect of an underdone pig-in-a-blanket I'd unwisely eaten at a concession stand in Stonehenge.) I was so sick I was crouched on the floor in the museum, thankful it was dark in there, and trying to stay in a corner so I wouldn't get trampled on! Needless to say, I couldn't enjoy the place at all. I'd like to go back sometime when I could enjoy it! :-)
Posted by: Gina Dalfonzo | May 21, 2008 at 09:04 AM
Your photos are splendid! I enjoyed this little pilgrimage tour very much!
Posted by: Baja Janeite | May 21, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Lori, this is lovely, both the words and pictures. I believe I loved the Hampshire Fields most of all.
Posted by: Beverly | May 22, 2008 at 03:00 AM