A Little Sea Bathing
With summer drawing to a close, let’s make one last trip to the beach for some sea bathing~Regency style
Continue reading →With summer drawing to a close, let’s make one last trip to the beach for some sea bathing~Regency style
Continue reading →Naval Officers Pianoforte of Jane Austen’s Day Joining the Gentry Coffee In Jane Austen’s Day
Continue reading →Many Christmas traditions and images of ‘old fashioned’ holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities. What would have been odd about them? Families rarely decorated Christmas trees. Festivities centered on socializing instead of gift-giving. Festivities focused on adults, with children largely consigned to the nursery. Holiday events, including balls, parties, … Continue reading →
When one is the mother of boys and only boys, one expects that there will be very little pink and fluff in one’s life. On the other hand, one does not anticipate one’s vacation including trying to pitch a boat over a twenty foot drop onto a stony beach. Last weekend we took a trip to the Texas Hill Country. I gave the boys (ok, young men as they are 17 and 21) the option … Continue reading →