What’s in Mrs. Hale Receipts for the Million, 1857? 1347. A few Rules for Health. –Rise early. Eat simple food. Take plenty of exercise. Never fear a little fatigue. Today’s Guest: Filmmaker and Historian Todd Warger Today, my guest is historian and filmmaker, Todd Warger. For the past two years, he and fellow filmmakers David [...]
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The Mountain Runners, History and Adventure on Film
Posted in general, Research, tagged adventure racing. Pickford Film Center, American Alpine Institute, Brian Young, David Lowrance, extreme racing, Family History Videos, Historyweaver's Blog, Jet City Films, Mount Baker Hiking Club, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, Ski to Sea, Steve House, The Mountain Runners, Todd Warger, Todd Warger IMDb on April 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Researching Clothing
Posted in Research, tagged 1860 fashion, American Camp, Blockade Runners, Civil War women's fashion, corded petticoats, English Camp, English Encampment, Fall Creek Suttlery, Fort Nisqually, historical fiction, Living history, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, petticoats, researching history, San Juan Island National Historical Park, starching petticoats, Timeless Stitches, underpinnings on July 29, 2011 | 7 Comments »
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipt for the Million 1857? 157. To make Starch—Dissolve as much starch as will be required in a very small quantity of cold water; then pour boiling water on it till it is of the right consistency, and let it boil once or twice. In mixing starch, put alum of sugar [...]
The Danger of Jumping Out
Posted in Research, tagged 19th century maritime history, Alta California, Ann Parry, Belligham, Historyweaver's Blog, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, Puget Sound history, research, San Franicisco, Shipping Intelligence, writing on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Millions 1857? 809. Best mode of avoiding the fatal Accidents of Open Carriages –Jumping out is particularly dangerous, (the motion of the gig communicating a different one to the one you give yourself by jumping) which tends very much to throw you on your side or head. Many [...]
Drawing Tea and Research Plans II
Posted in Research, Writing history, tagged Family history, finding ancestors, HistoryLink.org, Jordan, Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million, researching history, Snohomish County, writing on November 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 2076. Do not pensioners, and aged cottagers, generally prefer the black earthen teapot to the bright metal one? 2077. Yes, because they set it on the hob to “draw;” in which , the little black teapot will make the best tea. You learn new things every [...]
Drawing Tea and Creating a Research Plan
Posted in Research, Uncategorized, Writing history, tagged Bernard Cornwell, Diana Gabaldon, historical fiction, Jack Whyte, organizing your research, research plans for historical novels, researching history, technology chart, writing on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What is in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 2074. Why will not a dull black teapot make good tea? 2075. Because the heat of the water flies off so quickly, through the dull black surface of the tea pot, that the water is very rapidly cooled, and cannot “draw” the tea. It’s raining [...]
History Map on-line
Posted in Research, tagged finding ancestors, historical fiction, Lost Cities of Skagit, map of Skagit County, on-line resources, Skagit County history, Teaching history with maps on April 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Historical research on-line using GIS map
Historic Plumbing Part II
Posted in Research, Writing history, tagged historical fiction, researching history, word usage, writing, writing resource on March 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m now a week into the portable outhouse in my backyard as I work getting the sewer pipes replaced. Using it brings back memories of YWCA camp in the Pennsylvania woods with wolf spiders in the corner and a black snake that liked to sun himself at 1:00 PM in path to the john. It [...]
Historic plumbing
Posted in Research, Writing history on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My house is 105 years and I’m having a fatal breakdown with the sewer line. It must be 80 or 90 years old. I know this because in 1913, a photographer, I think Sanderson, flew over Sehome Hill in a balloon and took a picture of the neighborhood. Going up the alley past all the [...]
A Good Resource for Washington State History
Posted in Research, tagged historical fiction, HistoryLink, researching history, writing on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I write both fiction and non-fiction. Three of my novels take place in the Pacific Northwest in three different time periods: mid-19th century, 1906 and 1935. Each story has its own culture, technology, politics and media. My characters deal with the time they live in. One novel, Mist-shi-mus, deals with the issue of smallpox in [...]
