Deborah from Texas

I am a little late, but WELCOME Deborah! I hope you enjoy your trip, and do give Ron a smack for me if you take his tour. LOL.  Actually, it's a marvelous tour and I highly recommend it.  It's not often that you get to see a great man (CS Lewis not Ron...LOL) through the eyes of someone who actually remembers him.

Hi Diana, I can tell you now that I shall remember that comment (give him a smack for me), so if Deborah does give me a smack, I shall be on the next plane to Salem!

Actually Deborah, and fellow forum members the C.S.Lewis Tour Oxford www.cslewistours.com is how Diana and I met and we kept in touch ever since. Apart from her wisecracks she really is a very nice, generous and knowledgeable lady whom we love dearly, and admire greatly. Anna and I keep in touch via email (just to make sure she's on the right track with the diet). There is just one thing that I would like Diana to do, and that is post a true likeness of herself for the avatar, rather than the sweet young thing that she has actually chosen. See Diana, I can dish out smacks as well. Thinks....wait for it!

Oh and by the way Deborah, as Diana says, I did meet C. S. Lewis as a ten year old boy and then went on to play with Douglas Gresham after school was over! Steady now Peter... play games and get into mischief up at the Kilns!! I am also the author of a book titled 'A Guide to the C. S. Lewis Tour in Oxford' (cheapest on Amazon.com).

Oh do smack him HARD Deborah, as I've been trying to get him and Anna over for a visit for ages! LOL!

Aw shucks Ron.

Peter, like a lot of Brits you are not exactly tuned in to C. S. Lewis are you? Not that that matters because I will change that gradually, but without looking on Google can you tell me who he was? OK, he was an author so can you name just one book that he wrote?

As for my mate Douglas Gresham, he was one of the two step-sons of C. S. Lewis through marriage to Joy Gresham (nee Davidman). Stick with me Peter, I'll get you there eventually, but I need an answer to the above question please. What did he write?

Sorry Ron I can't name any either and I've never heard of Douglas Gresham, must be my ignorant side coming out lol

Peter....do you expect the Russian names to be Smith , Jones or even Evans lol 

Ron:  Just to ease the pain of the last few postings (lol), I'll tell you that when the kids were young, we read to them during breakfast (and, of course, at night - and and at various other random times throughout the day) - we read through The Chronicles of Narnia - maybe more than once.  My daughter grew up to love his books as much as I do, and my son - who's 28 - has been rereading them.  And Tolkien?  I even got my mother to read him.  Occasionally, we've even been able to scratch the surface of his work in my British literature classes (Peter Jackson's films helped spark a bit of interest there).   I'm sure you've read Vanauken's incredible A Severe Mercy, but I didn't discover him until I was grown.  So I'm kind of "into" that whole amazing group.  So y'all can see why the Oxford tour is very interesting to me.  My big dilemna is whether I should brave a car rental for part of my time or just stick to the train and bus, which seems to be able to take you almost anywhere.

Peter and Lyn:  It took me forever to read War and Peace, too.  I think there was some sort of conspiracy going on with the names.  :-)