Early this month I blogged about the glittering, garish fashions of men in the Georgian era. Dazzling Reflections In the dazzling world of the upper classes, fashion in dress reflected fashion in home decoration. The Corning Museum of Glass in … Continue reading →
Here I am, talking about the subject of eighteenth and nineteenth century smuggling again! Have you read my most recent release, The Comtesse of Midnight, in the Storm & Shelter Bluestocking Belles and Friend Collection? If so, you know that … Continue reading →
Happy almost Halloween! I’m in the thick of revisions and proofing, so I’m reprising an old post from a few years ago. Did our Regency characters celebrate Halloween? Regency stories abound with tales of masked balls and costumed Vauxhall romps. … Continue reading →
I’ve stumbled into a fortunately not too deep rabbit hole over the issue of smuggling spirits, which led me back to some earlier research that I’ll share a bit further on in the post. And now, without further ado, I’m … Continue reading →
Pogonotrophy, a Word for your Next Scrabble Game, Means… The art of cultivating facial hair. I stumbled across this word in a BBC article from a few years ago about the history of mustache–or for the Brits, moustache–wearing. From carefully … Continue reading →
Lord Lovat Revisited Two weeks ago I blogged about a hero of D-Day, Simon Fraser, the fifteenth Lord Lovat. While researching for that post I came across another Lord Lovat, not quite so heroic. In fact, he was such a … Continue reading →
Modern Medicine Now Last week doctors performed an emergency appendectomy on my seven-year-old great-nephew. They swiftly diagnosed and treated his condition with minimally invasive surgery. The miracles of modern medicine! But What Happened In the Olden Days? Which got me … Continue reading →
This past weekend as I went round my house washing all the downstairs windows inside and out, I wondered whether any Regency ladies–say, for example, Jane Austen–had been required to engage in such tedious labor. Murdering Flies And then I … Continue reading →
This post is coming a day early because I wanted to let everyone know that my 2018 novella, A Leap Into Love, is free February 25-March 1, 2019. A Quick, Sweet, Read Not willing to wait until the next Leap … Continue reading →
Uh-oh! I’m crunching deadlines for a book and the upcoming California Dreamin’ Conference, as well as spending hours and hours on the phone dealing with medical insurance issues, so here’s a link to a post I wrote at Historical Hussies … Continue reading →
