A Leap Day Leap Into Love
Another Leap Year is here! Every four years we add an extra day to the year at the end of February. Why we do that is the “fault in our stars”, explained below in the 2020 post I’m reprising below. … Continue reading →
Another Leap Year is here! Every four years we add an extra day to the year at the end of February. Why we do that is the “fault in our stars”, explained below in the 2020 post I’m reprising below. … Continue reading →
Where did a Regency era traveler find a room? Most of the stories I read (and write) have travelers finding rooms at inns, which makes sense of they are coaching inns providing horses and/or postriders. But for a stay in … Continue reading →
Over in our Facebook group, The Belles Brigade, we had a discussion a few days ago about holiday practices in Regency England. I referenced a blog post I wrote from eight years ago. I’m reprising that here with a few … Continue reading →
We’re only a few weeks away from the release of Under the Harvest Moon, a Bluestocking Belles Collection with Friends. In the small fictional Cheshire town of Reabridge, the harvest festival of 1815 includes a fair with booths providing trinkets, … Continue reading →
Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch In scrolling through images of the Regency era, I’ve come across this painting before. But I never stopped to give it a closer look until a recent article about it. Writing in the Wall … Continue reading →
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday And today is a day to party. I’m featuring an old post from 2021 and 2015, while I run out and buy some jelly donuts (my paczki substitute). From 2021: Inspired by a blogger who recently … Continue reading →
Gifting a Dowry Jane Austen fans will remember the scene in Pride and Prejudice where Mr. Bennet laments his inability to pay back the money put up as a dowry for his daughter, Lydia. He believes the money came from … Continue reading →
Last month I visited Greece on a whirlwind tour of sites visited by Paul of Tarsus, and other ancient and modern sites. We had an excellent guide, and I learned so much about Greek history and myth. Some of it … Continue reading →
We’ve just passed Michaelmas (September 29th, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel). This is the time of year when Mr. Bennet went to meet his new neighbor, Mr. Binkley. As I recall, Mrs. Bennet advised her husband to tell … Continue reading →
I’ve been catching up on old episodes of the television drama Endeavor, set in the 1960s and 1970s. From one season to the next the lead character, DS Morse, played by Shaun Evans, grows a 1970s style mustache. He shaves … Continue reading →