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2 days ago
4 min

Regency Mac and Cheese

In Nine Ladies, our regency time traveler to 2011 has to navigate a strange world with strange customs, and one of them is grocery...

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Mar 21
3 min

Neatness Counts in Crossed Letters

It’s rare to get “real” mail. Something handwritten that arrives in the mailbox. Not junk, not a bill, but words put to paper for my eyes...

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Feb 13
3 min

So, I can't sew

I can reattach a button near enough to the right place so it gets into a buttonhole. I only got as far as cross-stitch bookmarks as a...

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Jan 3
3 min

How did Frank Austen Skate?

While Jane Austen’s brother Frank was eager to skate, it seems that the women in his

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Dec 13, 2020
3 min

Like Pulling Teeth

My son is ten and his baby teeth were slow to come in… and they’re slow to fall out. He’s only had a few fall out on their own, even...

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Nov 21, 2020
4 min

I Just Wanted to Talk About Earrings!

I thought this blog post would be about cute earrings. I’d share more detail and pictures than I can in a #GeorgianJewelry tweet or FB...

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Nov 14, 2020
4 min

Isolated Spinster or In-Touch Citizen?

Some think that Jane Austen was a culturally and politically myopic person because her novels are seemingly oblivious to those matters....

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Oct 10, 2020
5 min

Music and the Austen Couple

In the Georgian era, female accomplishments were indispensable assets on the marriage market. Like Miss Bingley describes, the ability to...

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Sep 18, 2020
4 min

Twining, Tea, and Jane Austen

Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m a tea drinker. Some might unfairly say tea snob, but I do like my tea, which is kept in...

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Aug 21, 2020
3 min

Wedgwood, Austen, and Elegance

I love dishes. I would use the good china and crystal every night. My favorite is a small Edwardian tea set that belonged to my maternal

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Jul 18, 2020
3 min

Wait ... how many shillings in a pound?

Have you read a JAFF where a character lays out 5 shillings to buy a yard of muslin, or pays off £1,000 in gambling debts, or tips a servant

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Jul 6, 2020
4 min

Ten Duel Commandments and a Jane Austen Variation

What does Hamilton have to do with a Jane Austen variation? How many of you watched Hamilton on Disney+ ?

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May 21, 2020
3 min

Furniture is Fun: Why an Accurate Setting Matters

I’m often asked how much research I do for my books. The answer falls somewhere between a lot and too much! I have strong opinions about...

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Apr 11, 2020
3 min

Parlor Games: or what to do at home

Lately, we’re all at home more than most of us are used to. Some of us have enjoyed reconnecting with family, having extra time for...

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Mar 14, 2020
2 min

Shall We Dance

In His Choice of a Wife Darcy is allowing his sister to learn to waltz from a dancing master, and this has some romantic consequences for...

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