How a biographer used Ancestry.com to write a biography of Biddy Chambers.
Favorite Lines–and Why I Love Them
We all have favorite lines–phrases–that haunt us or echo in our minds. I’m recounting some of mine today and why I like them. Haunting “She shivered on the birthing bed and sobbed. She couldn’t believe her life was ending so soon.” I read this line in a Slovenian family history someone brought to a party. It came with the photograph…
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Following Biddy’s Steps
A 2013 London walk to all the sites connected with Oswald and Biddy Chambers.
The Good Friday Passion of Tenebrae
What is a Tenebrae Service, elements of a Tenebrae service, Good Friday in church
On Being Biddy Chambers’ Biographer
I’m a biographer. Such a strange word and one I wasn’t expecting and yet, I like it. It took me a long time, as my friend Wendy said, “to own the title biographer.” As far as I was concerned, I was telling a story. It just happened to be about Biddy Chambers. Circumstances surprised me into realizing it was something…
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Giving Up Sin for Lent
Why not give up sin for lent?
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