I’ve decided to add something to this blog. Every year for the past thirteen years, I have gone to English Camp on San Juan Island and have demonstrated mid- 19th century folkways. There’s a lot of butter making and biscuit cutting going on — as well as spinning and candle dipping. Leading my understanding of [...]
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Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million
Posted in Civil War, Writing history, Writing resources, tagged 19th century cooking, Civil War, historical cooking, JFK funeral, Living history, researching history, writing on June 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Hot off the Press, 1851, that is.
Posted in Writing history, Writing resources on May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the past few months I’ve been up to my eyeballs with the Daily Alta California, a newspaper started in San Francisco in 1849 and the state’s first daily. Using microfilm on loan from the state library down in California, it has been both a monotonous and rewarding experience as I search for the bark [...]
