finally...

I am in Atlanta tonight, staying with a wonderful friend I met through my love of English period dramas generally and Toby Stephens as Mr. Rochester in the BBC's 2006 version of Jane Eyre in particular. My friend and I met not here in the U.S. but in London last May when we both went to see Mr. Stephens star in Tom Stoppard's 1982 play The Real Thing at the Old Vic. We have kept in touch by phone and the internet ever since. I am continually amazed at how the internet has shrunken the country and the world--not only did I meet this lovely lady, but I met Toby Stephens fans from Panama, Switzerland, Russia, Germany and Greece, and there are many others I correspond with from as far away as Australia. My life has been incredibly enriched by all of this!