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“The Majority Of Men Are Bundles Of Beginnings.” –RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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"You Jivin' Me, Turkey?"
Talking with Your Hands
wrote 22 hours ago: I made an appointment for my truck the other day. It needed an oil change and I was driving passed … more →
Soothing for the soul
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wrote 2 days ago: As you have by now deduced, I make frequent trips to the National Gallery of Art. After every visit, … more →
Did the Regency courtesan Harriette Wilson seek a calculated happy ending too?
wrote 2 days ago: This week let’s return to Harriette’s story, although I will be honest and warn you, that after she … more →
"Singular Effects of the Universal Vegetable Pills on a Green Grocer! A Fact!", 1841, by Charles Jameson Grant
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Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurer
wrote 1 week ago: Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurer by Himself, 1859 (Note: Missed a week. I r … more →
Of Surgery in Melville's "White Jacket"
wrote 1 week ago: I love reading surgical narratives — factual or fictional, old or new, but that of the 1800s d … more →
To History Be True... If It Makes For A Cracking Yarn!
wrote 1 week ago: was bit of a slog, but I finally managed to finish ‘Towers of Midnight’ today. 941 page … more →
The second courtesan to seek a fairytale ending…
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wrote 1 week ago: Last week, I told Amy’s story, of how she looked for a fairytale ending to her life as a courtesan, … more →
tradition
wrote 1 week ago: The youth of America is their oldest tradition. Oscar Wilde, “A Woman of No Importance” … more →
29th May 2013 - Oak Apple Day
wrote 1 week ago: Celebration: Oak Apple Day Mission: Wear an apple around your neck Status: Failedish Notes: Oak Appl … more →
Hyde Manor's Elegant Decay
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wrote 1 week ago: There is a set of crumbling and arcane ruins in the woods of Sudbury, Vermont that are existing in t … more →
Carol Cox is having a giveaway in celebration of the release of Trouble in Store!
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Books I love!
wrote 1 week ago: Competed reading What an Earl Wants. Still love it. The mysterious and sexy bachelor marries. Tog … more →
Review of Trouble in Store by Carol Cox
wrote 1 week ago: Trouble in Store is a fun romp back in time! It is full of frustrations, stubborn characters, danger … more →
Review of Maggie's Journey (McKenna's Daughters #1) by Lena Nelson Dooley
wrote 1 week ago: A very enjoyable story! Maggie’s Journey is the first of three stories about triplets who are … more →
one hundred and fifty six
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wrote 1 week ago: Terrariums are a great feature in any house. These miniature gardens were very popular back in the 1 … more →
List of 1800s names
wrote 1 week ago: I’m researching for a book set in 1877 London right now, and that means that I have a small st … more →
Books I love!
wrote 2 weeks ago: Still reading What an Earl Wants. Love it. Mysterious and sexy bachelor marries. Together they be … more →
The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case (Professor Smith)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Lewis Carroll, Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, Wikipedia Commons, 6 July 2007. Web. 2 June 2013. Crea … more →
