…but I wouldn’t try it. The year 1993 was a landmark year for Ste. Genevieve. More than 30,000 people visited this small southeast Missouri town that summer. It’s a good thing they did.   You see, 1993... Continue reading →

  Snow is in the forecast for today. A winter storm advisory. They’re calling for eleven inches at my house. (This is out my back door. It’s still early in the storm.) So I thought it might be a good... Continue reading →

The Habit of Riding Riding side-saddle (or aside) is becoming popular again. In the nineteenth century, it was the only respectable way for a woman to ride. This didn’t present too much of a problem until the latter half of... Continue reading →

My daughter and I went to California to visit relatives. While there we went to San Francisco and bought some Boudin sourdough bread. Quite a history this bread has. The company started in 1849. Isidore Boudin went to California following... Continue reading →

What is this woman doing? Read all about it on this link to Smithsonian.com. Too fun. You can also link to Part 1. A back seam drawn with an eyebrow pencil topped off the resourceful fashion effect via Stockings Series, Part... Continue reading →

Allen and Thurber Pepperbox   Due to editing my story instead of doing research, it’s been awhile since I posted any historical tidbits. Here’s one from my research for my story set in the late 1870s. My heroine uses one... Continue reading →