Friday, February 26, 2016

The Many Uses of the Wonderful Raspberry

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Pfft! Sorry, couldn’t resist. I did not mean the sort of raspberry that involves sticking your tongue out of your mouth and making ru...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Surprise!!

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Hey, guess what? I have a new book coming out, and it’s available for preorder! I haven’t talked much about Skin Deep here because it...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Nineteenth Century Carpets: Under Foot Yet So Stylish

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If you’ve read many novels set in the nineteenth century, particularly in the homes of the aristocracy, you may have come across the name...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

1810, What a Year It Was, Part 2: The Lady of the Lake and the Hughland Revival

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Just in case you think that media having a profound effect on popular culture is a modern phenomenon, I have five words for you: The ...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Advertising for Marriage, Nineteenth Century Style

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More and more adults are turning to online dating sites to find their true love. According to the Pew Research Center , which studies the...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Did They Really Say That?

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One of the joys of leafing through the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is running across slang expressions and figures of speech st...
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Friday, February 5, 2016

Four Things on a Friday

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Oh, but I have some goodies for you! I’ve been collecting them for some time, but one came in this week that made me decide I simply had to...