My two years living in London changed everything. This was before you could listen to the BBC on NPR or online. The BBC plus the British Library plus the Hampstead Heath plus all the Nineteenth Century novels I hadn’t read — well, opened up my mind and heart. This essay came out of that time, and lives within me yet.

Here is a link to my essay, “Three Elizabeths,” which appeared in Alimentum in April:

http://www.alimentumjournal.com/three-elizabeths-one-george-ho/#.VUwopksk9g0