It was like sinking to sleep in a soft, dry bed with a big drink of brandy in you after you're dog-tired from a tour of duty on the firing-step, or slipping into a warm bath when you're lousy-dirty and chilled to the bone from crawling through mud and filth and dodging flares and 'typewriter' bullets half the night.

[T]hey found the ski lifts were operating, taking leaf peepers up to the summit to view the beautiful fall foliage.

In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, / One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show.

Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.