All Time Top Ten Random Bits of Fascination Gentlemen in the Regency Era Rectors and Vicars and Curates…Oh My! Gentlemen, Gentry and Regency Era Social Class Know your phaeton from your curricle Defining beauty in the Regency era To be an Accomplished Lady Courtship and Marriage in Jane Austen’s World Vicars, Curates and Church Livings A Touch of Quill and Ink: Regency Letter Writing ‘Coming Out’ in Jane Austen’s World What do you think? Do … Continue reading →
Out, out damned spot! Ashes, tallow and turpentine to the rescue for all your cleaning needs! Keeping clothes clean has always been a challenge. Today, we can simply go to the store and buy a specialized product according stain that needs cleaning, but this wasn’t the case in Jane Austen’s day. In centuries past, the mistress of the house needed to be well versed on what home preparations could be used to keep her household … Continue reading →
What do you do when someone opens their mouth and stupid falls out? So, yeah, we recently had a doozy of a week. You know the kind where you seem to get hit by stuff on all sorts of fronts—some that seemed to appear out of nowhere just to keep things ‘interesting’ in the ancient Chinese curse sort of way. I just love ‘interesting times’ don’t you? After finishing off the week with half a … Continue reading →
Today is appreciate a dragon day! What better way to appreciate them than by launching a reference to all things dragon! It will be expanding in the next few months. You can find the index at its permanent home HERE. Blue Order: The governing body of human-dragon relations in England. Made up of all major dragons, their Keepers and all humans who hear dragons, they are charged with managing all matters related to dragons in the … Continue reading →
One of the fun and frustrating things about writing book is that sometimes you write scenes that don’t make it into the final version. Here’s one that didn’t. It originally fit it just before the Dragon Conclave scene, but after I wrote that scene, it seemed unnecessary. Still, it seems a shame to waste it! Hope you enjoy: Find previous chapters HERE Aunt Gardiner is Worried Just after dawn, a soft scratching at her … Continue reading →
