Taylor Thacker gave birth to her daughter Elsie-Jay in the car park of her local hospital, delivered by her mother Karen Hayward, 54, who had rushed to help her
I belong to a book club. We meet once a month via Zoom, not a holdover from the pandemic, but because the club is comprised of members of synagogues, both of which are named Sukkat Shalom, in London and Juneau. The club is at 8 p.m. London time, which is 11 a.m. Juneau time; as one group winds down their day, the other is starting. We discuss books, but often the conversation veers off into delightful tangents that highlight the differences and similarities of U.K. and U.S. life.