Creating the Shape of Georgian Beauty
Once deformity occurred, the amelioration of such irregularities was imperative lest they destroy that balance of the constitution which is so necessary to health and longevity.
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Once deformity occurred, the amelioration of such irregularities was imperative lest they destroy that balance of the constitution which is so necessary to health and longevity.
Continue reading →This year’s National Dog Day is bittersweet. Just after Easter we lost our faithful fairy dog-mother. I’m still brokenhearted and weeping even now, so that is all I’ll say on that. Two weeks later, far earlier than I was ready, this ragged rescue came into our lives thanks to the efforts of a wonderful dog foster family and my youngest son who desperately wanted a dog. Her ears have been burned, she has buckshot in … Continue reading →
Watch how barley water was actually made in Austen’s day!
Continue reading →Life in early modern (1500-1800) societies was rife with injuries and diseases that could result in bodily deformities. Moneyed and poor alike were subject to the debilitating effects to daily life. Preventing such deformities, and thus increasing beauty became important.
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