Tag: Sharpe’s Company

A to Z Challenge, Duke of Wellington

Badajoz–#AtoZChallenge “B”

by Denise Costello • April 3, 2017

Welcome to “B” in the A to Z Challenge 2017. The Duke of Wellington is my theme for this year’s Challenge. Badajoz is a the name of a city and province in the autonomous community of Extremadura in southeastern Spain. During the Napoleonic or Peninsular Wars, the Earl of Wellington (as Arthur Wellesley was known…

October Eclecticity

by Denise Costello • October 5, 2010

I have not been blogging lately because I have a new obsession: the British TV series Wire in the Blood. Why can’t I just watch some episodes here and there at my leisure? No, I have to watch them all whenever I have a free moment. Compulsions! There were six seasons and I am on…