What a lovely report, Anne - thank you!! I too have had an Orkney sticker on my car for 2 years now - but am still hoping someone will comment... Fiona (York UK) >From: STRONSAY2@cs.com >Reply-To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [<orcadia>] Merrybegotten >Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:10:29 EDT > >I have neglected to report that I received my (handsome) copy of Fiona's >book, Merrybegotten, her fictionalised account of her family in Orkney. I >enjoyed >it thoroughly: well framed and written, thankfully a glossary (although I >needed it less than I had anticipated) ,interesting tidbits of 19th/early >20th >century daily culture and social reality, nicely developed characters. A >good >read altogether: well done, Fiona! >************* >I have a window sticker from The Orcadian in my car. A neighbor saw it and >reported that she had a friend who had Orkney connections (or perhaps just >affection): we are everywhere! > > >==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word >'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger