I’ve been a little scarce recently and thought it was about time to give you all an update. First, thank you for all the encouragement and support you’ve given me and my family during this challenging time with my mother. I’ve been off the radar for the last six weeks because of my mother’s health crisis and related family issues. She is still in the hospital and may be for several more weeks. There are … Continue reading →
A few pictures to share with you from the 2013 Louisville JASNA Festival. More to come soon. I will post more on the festival soon!
Continue reading →“Hints on Etiquette and the Usages of Society, With a Glance at Bad Habits.”
Continue reading →In a society governed by strict rules regulating the interaction of the sexes, the dance floor provided only of the only places marriage partners could meet and courtships might blossom. The ballroom guaranteed respectability and proper conduct for all parties since they were carefully regulated and chaperoned. Even so, under cover of the music and in the guise of the dance, young people could talk and even touch in ways not permitted elsewhere despite the … Continue reading →
Confound it all! One of the frustrations of writing historical fiction is discovering your character could not do/hear/see/say something because it had not been invented yet! Such is my plight as I just discovered my heroine could not say ‘Confound it!’ as the saying did not exist for nearly another 40 years! A few other things she could not say (and the year in which she could have said them) include: botheration – c. 1835 … Continue reading →
