Leenie Brown

MM: Canadian Summer (Deane Nesbitt, Jr.)

UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE BY DEAN NESBITT, JR. ON DECEMBER 21, 2015.

Summer is here, and Music Monday posts are going on vacation until September. 🙂 Since many of us might not be doing a lot of travelling this summer due to restrictions, I thought I would leave you all with a music video that showcases some lovely summertime images so you can travel virtually.

I’m also going to leave you with a “summer reading list.” 🙂

Enjoy your summer!

(I’ll still be here with some Tuesday and Thursday posts. I’m not going on a complete hiatus — just a partial one.)

Two Men at a Table (Luděk Marold)

I just had to share this picture because the gentleman with the pipe just looked like he could be a Lord Westonbury sort of fellow. 🙂 And it appears, from the expression on the other man’s face, that a bit of scheming might be taking place in whatever room they are in. (And a bit of scheming has taken place in our story. 😉 )

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“Why are you here?” Darcy asked Lord Westonbury.

“To see to Alfred,” Richard answered.

“Does he need a guardian?”

“No,” Wes admitted with a grin. “However, you must know that Young Alfred is unaccustomed to being in trouble.”

“He is not in trouble,” Darcy assured Wes. “Mr. Langley will be well even if you are not here.”

“I am not leaving,” Wes replied. “I wish to see what I started to its conclusion.”

“What you started?” Richard laughed. “I think it is what Darcy started.”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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Marrying Elizabeth, books 1-5

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MM: Always (Peder B. Helland)

UPLOADED TO YOUTUBE BY PEDER B. HELLAND ON JANUARY 18, 2018

Today’s musical selection is one of those songs which I can put on and immediately my mind calms and my imagination begins to play. I often listen to this song while writing, but it is also a favorite to listen to while taking a walk. And that is the reason I have chosen to pair this song with the story excerpt below because, in this section of Matching Mr. Darcy, which releases tomorrow, Mr. Darcy is out on a walk and trying to clear his mind.

Matching Mr. Darcy, Chapter 6 Excerpt

Darcy reined in his mount so that he could take in the view before him. The ground rose and fell in gentle swells and small undulations. There were stands of trees that interrupted fields and stood in both great and small gatherings. The countryside was beautiful but lacked the sharp edges that surrounded his home, which was utterly unfortunate, for, he thought to himself, a good rocky crag right in the middle of Longbourn’s garden would have come in handy yesterday for disposing of the insufferable Mr. Newell. That man would not allow himself to be separated from the side of Miss Elizabeth. Not that Miss Bingley would have allowed Darcy to leave her side either.

TSB: Three Books – One Free; One New Release, One Soon-to-be-Unpublished

Settle into a comfy reading spot. This is a long one. 🙂

Summer is here in Nova Scotia, and there is no denying its arrival as the weather has let us know, without question, that a new season is upon us. (We’ve had several hot days which is a little earlier than normal for us.) I have had my first osteopath appointment since the clinic was shut down because of the pandemic, and while it was helpful, I still have a long way to go to get all the kinks worked out. However, I now have a treatment plan in place, and that feels good.

As I mentioned in the last Saturday Broadsheet, I am cutting back and taking it a bit easy this summer for health reasons. This will include some changes to what is being posted each week on my blog and the frequency of this newsletter. Starting in July, the Saturday Broadsheet will be delivered once per month.

I have added a new change to my summer business plans.

Young Lady Putting on a Pearl Necklace (Albert Friedrich Schröder)

Albert Friedrich Schröder (1854–1939) / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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“Which necklace will you wear?” Kitty asked.

“I thought to wear the pearl one.”

“This one?” Kitty held up a string of pearls that had a pearl pendant suspended from it and intricate metalwork between each stone.

“Yes, that was the one. Do you think it will go well?”

“I do.” She placed the necklace on the dressing table and ran a finger over the stones. “It is beautiful.”

“Thank you. Fitzwilliam gave it to me.”

[from Protecting Miss Darcy, Marrying Elizabeth book 6]

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Marrying Elizabeth, books 1-5

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