The Huge Roses: Chapter Seven, part one
American nurse Tory Bird, visiting Amsterdam with her sister Jane, meets Dr. Maximilan van den Nie whilst giving first aid to an injured English tourist. After a lovely weekend, Tory returns home to...
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The Lady
via email (I'm posting the pictures extra large!!):Hello:I am a recent fan of Betty Neels and your blog! While at a thrift store recently I came across something I thought you might be interested...
View ArticleThe Huge Roses: Chapter Seven, part two
American nurse Tory Bird, visiting Amsterdam with her sister Jane, meets Dr. Maximilan van den Nie whilst giving first aid to an injured English tourist. After a lovely weekend, Tory returns home to...
View ArticleThe Huge Roses: Chapter Eight, part one
American nurse Tory Bird, visiting Amsterdam with her sister Jane, meets Dr. Maximilan van den Nie whilst giving first aid to an injured English tourist. After a lovely weekend, Tory returns home to...
View ArticleThe Huge Roses: Chapter Eight, part two
American nurse Tory Bird, visiting Amsterdam with her sister Jane, meets Dr. Maximilan van den Nie whilst giving first aid to an injured English tourist. After a lovely weekend, Tory returns home to...
View ArticleFacelift?
In the land of Neels, old ladies did not have work done. At least, not nice old ladies who wear wellies and potter around in garden sheds on the grounds of a stately mansion.But The Founding Bettys are...
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Death and Her Welcoming Arms
I have the flu. I feel grotty (thank you British people for such a perfect word), am coughing all over everything and every joint in my body aches. Death sounds like a long, lovely nap. Alas, what is a...
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Best Dressed
Since Jolly had become a fashion icon, the Professor didn't feel it proper to have him pressing his suits anymore.The blog is not called The Uncrushable Jersey Dress for nothing. I ran across this post...
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A Real-Life Olivia
I meant to post about this when it happened but things got away from me. When I imagine the shapely Neels heroines with a little sauce to them I picture Maureen O'Hara who is gorgeous and timeless and...
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Lemons
Running away from Basil was bad enough.Worse, she had to dress in a showercurtain to do it...Why do I like the put-upon heroines of The Canon best? I've given this question lots of thought and I think...
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The Things of Betty
Marnix was happy that Henrietta had atelevision she could install in the small parlorof her own. He did not know he would have tocordon off a whole wall...I was thinking about all the 'stuff'' in a...
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Gifts We Give
I was industriously wrapping presents for my Pledges and Mijnheer van Voorhees when I came to the wallet Pledge One had asked for on his Christmas list. It was poignant for two reasons: A) He's old...
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Risky Business
Dear Alice, I see you have a nicehat. I could offer you all thehats you could ever desire...I was flipping through my copy of The Silver Thaw (which has one of the frost-melting-est covers) and came...
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Happy New Year, Renier
Happy New Year Betties, wherever you are! The Great Betty certainly had a fondness for a good Dutch New Year's celebration and this one in 'Winter Wedding'--when he loves her and she is sick with love...
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The Greatest Fantasy Element in Neelsdom
Waterloo would bide histime. And then when the dogwasn't looking...The Canon of Betty Neels contains many elements which, though not wizards and fire-breathing dragons, have just as much improbable...
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Goals and the Making of Them
Rose tapped her pen and finally wrote:"Graduate with the Gold Medal"It was sure to come in handy sometime.It's the first Monday of the New Year and the van Voorhees family will be doing what we always...
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Betty the Church Lady
I was thinking of A Secret Infatuation the other day.By the afternoon the drizzle had ceased but the mist was as thick as ever. It was almost teatime when the Reverend Mr. Watts phoned. He had a small...
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Cinema Betty
This weekend was wonderful and terrible at Casa van Voorhees. Betty Debbie traveled from Seattle and we...um...upended the whole house in a quest for greatness as we painted and shifted three of the...
View ArticleFilling Out the Canon
Over on the Facebook page, we are all having a good time sharing which scene in The Canon we'd like to be a fly on the wall of. My favorites is in The Hasty Marriage when Joyce walks into Reilof's...
View ArticleA Delightful Discovery
I received this email a short time ago and was delighted no end:Hi, Betty Debbie, hi, Betty Keira,Need an idea for a new post for the blog?Did you know The Great Betty used the small town where her...
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