mrs. beetonYesterday was Mrs. Beeton’s birthday. Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson) was born in London on March 12, 1836 and died… |
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take heartOutside, the landscape is white, covered by snow and ice, with more snow forecast accompanied by bitter winds. As I… |
mother/daughterWhen I was a child, my mother and I had a few ‘mother/daughter’ outfits—dresses that were similar and/or the same,… |
reading listIs the printed book in danger of dying? David Streitfeld examines the controversy in his recent article in the New… |
mrs. gloverTomorrow, Sotheby’s will auction the first book printed in the colonies—the Bay Psalm Book. The Old South Church in Boston… |
town meetingRecently, we had a special town meeting. In the state of Massachusetts, towns having less than 6,000 citizens utilize the… |
ye olde tyme revivalIt is the time of church fairs, jumble, estate & yard sales here in the Northeast hills. Tables under tents… |
pickledThe nasturtium was not native to the Colonies, but instead would have been brought from the “Old World,” according to… |
discoveriesI was fortunate to hear Megan Marshall discuss the extraordinary life of correspondent Margaret Fuller at a lecture held at… |
time travelingTime travel back to 1770 and Mary Ambler rightly sums up today, “A Rainy Day (very dull) if it were not… |