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Happy birthday to one of my favorite authors, CS Lewis, born 112 years ago today.

In September, I went to Belfast, and got to see some of CS Lewis' childhood home. The home where he was living when his mother died is called Little Lea. He wrote about this house in Surprised by Joy:

 

In 1905, my seventh year, the first great change in my life took place. We moved house. My father, growing, I suppose in prosperity, decided to leave the semi-detachd villa in which I had been born and build himself a much larger house, further out in what was then the country. The 'New House', as we continued for years to call it, was a large one even by my present standards; to a child it seemed less like a house than a city.

I also visited St. Mark's Church in Dundela, where Jack's grandfather was the rector. This is the original front door to the rectory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice the doorknob:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a lion! One can only wonder....

 

 

Happy Birthday Jack!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Elisabeth]

Two of my favorites: C.S. Lewis and Belfast! I used to take walks by Little Lea when I was staying in East Belfast. Such a lovely corner of the world.