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Lady Day

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on March 25, 2021 by Maria GraceJanuary 31, 2025

Once regarded as the start of the new year, by the Regency Era Lady Day was the first of the English quarter days, and to some, the most significant because that as when everything started.

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A Brief History of Waffles

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on March 23, 2021 by Maria GraceNovember 27, 2023
Still Life with Waffles

Since waffles are closely associated with Lady Day and that’s just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to do a quick diving into the research rabbit hole, looking at the history of waffles!

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Reason #34 Why writing takes so long

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on March 20, 2021 by Maria GraceFebruary 22, 2021

There is one hazard though, that modern science has not found a solution for. Desk Dragons.

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Of course, there were dragons

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on March 18, 2021 by Maria GraceJanuary 31, 2025

Of course there were dragons—that’s how I introduce Jane Austen’s Dragons. It is rather a bold claim. How can I say that? I confess, you’re not the first person to ask me that with a decidedly skeptical look. After all, you’ve devoured ever one of Austen’s works cover to cover, multiple times and there’s nary a dragon scale from “It’s a truth universally acknowledged to… “With they Gardiners they were on most intimate terms…” On … Continue reading →

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Bonus Scene: What is to become of me?

Random Bits of Fascination Posted on March 16, 2021 by Maria GraceJuly 18, 2021

A new deleted scene (or maybe not…) from the upcoming book!

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