The Matchmaker of Perigord

The Matchmaker of Perigord **** by Julia Stuart I’m joining Jain at Food for Thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word. “Barber Guillaume Ladoucette has always enjoyed great success in his tiny village in southwestern France, catering to the tonsorial needs of Amour-sur-Belle’s thirty-three inhabitants. But times have changed. His customers have…

Q is for Queen

Q is for Queen I’m joining Alphabe-Thursday ~ this week’s letter assignment is the letter Q. Charlotte, NC is known as the Queen City; named by Scotch-Irish settlers who came along the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia. The name for this new settlement was Charlotte in honor of the wife of King George III, who was the king of…