And as an added bonus, she sent me home with several time travel books! One of these was Time at the Top, by Edward Ormondroyd (1963, but reprinted in 2003-that's the cover shown at left. It is such a pleasure to chat books and blogs non-stop for several hours with a like-minded reader-our tastes are remarkably similar. Edward's interests include studying piano, gardening, books, birds, flowers (wild and tame), and listening to classical music.Last week I had a lovely visit with my friend Anamaria, of Books Together. They have two grandsons and a granddaughter. Their seven children are all grown and independent. They live in the country near Ithaca, in a house designed and partly built by Edward.
He and his wife Joan moved to upstate New York in 1970. He lived in Berkeley for 25 years, working at various jobs while he wrote children's books. Later he went back for a master's degree in library science. During WWII he served onboard a destroyer escort, participating in the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima.Īfter the war he attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. Edward's interests include studying piano, gardening, bo Edward Ormondroyd grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
After the war he attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. During WWII he served onboard a destroyer escort, participating in the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. Edward Ormondroyd grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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