About

Bienvenue!

I'm a housewifely, book-loving, very old-fashioned Kansas girl and follower of Jesus. I started this blog at the age of thirteen, under the pen name Awdur, which is Welsh for "writer." While I no longer have the ability to write 40+ posts a year, I keep it around for sentimentality's sake and occasionally share a new post. 

A little more about me and what you can expect to find here:

I was homeschooled first through twelfth grade. Though my high school graduation is now many years in the past, homeschooling shaped me and will forever be a part of my story. I once tried to get an elementary education degree but found out that I was too homeschooled to stay in the program. Yes, I had friends. No, I never wore pajamas to school. 

 Many of my posts are related to Jane Austen. She is my hero. I long tracked my age in terms of her heroines (currently between Jane Bennet and Anne Elliot). I also like to read (and write about) Tolkien, Dickens, and C. S. Lewis. If I'm not reading some British lit, I'm probably perusing articles from a history journal.

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I studied French history for my undergrad and master's, and I still delight in all things French. I discovered along the way (after writing stacks of essays and reading 602,134,097+ books and articles) that I also delight in grammar, writing, and words in general, and now put these interests to use in working part-time as a freelance copyeditor.

I have a lot of opinions, I am married to a sweet, funny, and brilliant physicist, and I actually enjoy getting up at 6:00 am.