Celebration...

...this weekend (mid-Lent, Laetare, opportunity to take a break and rejoice) with co-author Clare Anderson and her family.  This is a long overdue celebration. When Clare and I produced our book about St John Paul the Great, we dedicated it to our husbands, grateful for their patience and good humour throughout the project. And we told each other that we'd have a lovely just-the-four-of-us dinner party...and meanwhile there were other commitments, with family and (in Clare's case) a house-move and two family weddings, and (in mine) a new academic venture with some post-graduate study, and (for us both) travelling, and work, and more...and finally, some six months after the book's appearance, here we are!  So, armed with chox and wine, Jamie and I are off to the Andersons and a happy time...