Yours Faithfully, Amanda

January 31, 2019 Dear Jane, Happy belated New Year, my dear friend. I truly cannot believe that the end of January is upon us; this month has flown by so quickly! Even though not very much has occurred since the new year began, I do have an exciting literary adventure to recount for you. So, without further ado: A Day in New York City with J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien... If you are a lover of books, then I'm confident that I have grabbed your attention with the above italicized line. If you are not a lover of books, but rather a lover of films adapted from books, then hopefully I have also grabbed your attention. If you are a lover of neither, then I have nothing left to say to you and now must say, "Good day." I jest, of course! In truth, I am in an odd mood today, Jane, so I shall write on until I am not...or until I finish my letter (whichever comes first). On Friday last, the twenty-fifth of January in the Year-of-our-Lord, two-thousand and nineteen, I ...

August 13, 2016 Dear Jane, Firstly, I must confess that I began this letter on the fifth of August, however, I am ashamed to say that it is now the thirteenth of August and it is still yet to be sent (posted). Time so easily gets away from one during the summer months! Now, I dare say I have had a great many outings of late and I heartily wish to tell you of them all, Jane. Not only have I once again travelled to our Nation's Capital, Washington DC, but I experienced a most magical resurgence of a beloved boy wizard named Harry Potter, journeyed around New York City with my dear Mama and had a "visit to Lyme" with some lovely, kind and amazingly dedicated Janeites. Washington D.C. The lovely set up at Lady Camellia. Now, as I mentioned above, I had the great pleasure of journeying to Washington DC to visit one of my beloved sisters, Rachael, as well as my dear friend, Carolyn. Luckily, Carolyn is not a Caroline or I should be forced to think of Caroline Bingl...