My book of the month: The Lady in The Van
I get re-acquainted with an old favourite and find there’s much to laugh at and with.
![By Lin Kristensen from New Jersey, USA (Timeless Books) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jillscene.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/timeless_books3.jpg?w=300&h=200&crop=1)
Election day in Myanmar—a moment in history
In which I get a life lesson on the value of the vote.
My book of the month—it’s a near run thing
Choosing is tough but one, like this piece of knitting, is more complex, more layered, more rewarding.
Introducing Jill’s book page: Books I’ve Read in 2016
It’s all about a new feature on Jill’s Scene and where to find it
The coolest little bookshop in the coolest suburb in the coolest little capital in the world.
Rainbow Books—a shop for booklovers who love to fossick.
My book of the month: Under The Dragon — A Journey Through Burma
A search for a basket becomes a quest for hope.
My thanks to each and every one of you.
2015—“The open road speaks for a perpetual becoming.” Pico Iyer
![By Andr.V.S. [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jillscene.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/andrew_stevovich_oil_painting_woman_reading_2011_1022_x_9222.jpg?w=300&h=200&crop=1)
Freshly Seen at Jill’s Scene is back
My favourite reads in the blogosphere for December: two travel blogs and a book blog.
Myanmar (Burma): a Lonely Planet publication and my book of the month.
More on the trials of a timid traveller
My book of the month: How to Travel the World on $50.00 a Day
Budget travel advice from Nomadic Matt. He’s a good motivator, too.
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