The Regency Laptop
Ubiquitous as the laptop computer is today, the writing desk or writing slope, played major role in the creation of novels by Jane Austen, the Brontës, and others, that still enjoy wide readership today.
Continue reading →Giving birth: Confinements, Lying-in and Churching
Unlike women today who often give birth in hospitals or birthing centers, women of Jane Austen’s day almost exclusively gave birth at home. Preparation for confinement fell almost exclusively to the mother.
Continue reading →Secrets of the Dragon Archives
Free Knit Dragon banket patterns
The Plott Hound chased me down a Research Rabbit Hole
A trip to the shelter to adopt a dog leads to a deep dive down the research rabbit hole.
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