Feeding Your Invalid in the 19th Century 1: Ivory Dust Jelly
Since the BVC blog 1.0 evaporated, this material has been lost, lost I tell you, to all modern knowledge. Pleas from far elsewhere have resurrected
Since the BVC blog 1.0 evaporated, this material has been lost, lost I tell you, to all modern knowledge. Pleas from far elsewhere have resurrected
For many years now I’ve planned to write a novel about Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet. The book didn’t work out (this is what I
A portion of this post first appeared on the CrimeReads, a blog dedicated to books about crime true and fictional, around the time when MARIAN
A portion of this post first appeared on the CrimeReads, a blog dedicated to books about crime true and fictional, in conjunction with the
I am not an organized marketer. All I really can do is write. Once written, stories or mss get submitted almost at random, to any
This recipe was given to me by a coworker at my office. She brings these nuts to all office functions and potlucks, and takes care
We’re all surrounded by a cloud of vocabulary. The words you know well, that you use daily, float nearby, coming easily to the hand. This
The trick to explaining something complex is to find the right analogy – and keeping half of it in the links. The Christian concept of
There are standard musicals, the ones we’ve always heard about, the ones written by Rogers & Hammerstein or Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim. These
Now that I have moved to the West Coast I am slowly setting up all my systems and favorite places. A decent bakery, of course.
Oh, you’ve heard of ‘Calamity’ Jane Austin. She was a native of Texas when it was a republic, a noted women’s author in the early
Somehow I have missed this classic movie, only viewing it this year. A major error! A life without Totoro is not a life worth living.
I used to live in Washington DC area, and the Washington Post was my hometown newspaper. The big problem with having a major national newspaper as