C.S. Lewis really nailed it. I’m someone who’s never thrown herself out of bed for eating crackers, and I’m a chronic eater/reader. The idea for this post came when I was getting ready to watch Call The Midwife (brilliant … Continue reading →
First, if you haven’t heard, great news–the fundraising effort to keep Jane Austen’s ring where it belongs, at the Jane Austen House Museum, has been successful! I am very excited. As you know, I feel very strongly about national treasures … Continue reading →
Baltimore is a strange, quirky sort of city. It’s the birthplace of Betsy Bonaparte who married Napoleon’s brother Jerome. Napoleon was not amused. Poor Betsy never got a crack at being a European bigwig though her extremely French ooh la … Continue reading →
Today’s the day in 1814 upon which poet Francis Scott Keyes composed The Star Spangled Banner which was adopted as our national anthem in 1931. He was inspired by witnessing the end of the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the … Continue reading →
So I was all set to do this stupendous post about my corset. I visited the staymaker last Saturday armed with my camera and found the batteries had died. So much for that, but my staymaker is indeed hard at … Continue reading →
New from the Riskies!
Her Gallant Captain at Waterloo by Diane Gaston
Lord of Her Heart by Gail Eastwood
The Wallflower's Mistletoe Wedding by Amanda McCabe
A Pregnant Courtesan for the Rake by Diane Gaston
How to Find a Duke in Ten Days by Grace Burrowes, Shana Galen, and Carolyn Jewel
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