by janet | Jan 12, 2022 | Book News, News, Writing, Writing history
DIGITAL CAMERA I can’t believe that it’s January, let alone 2022. Where did last year go? Hopefully, gone for good and there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve had massive rain around Thanksgiving (which brought devastating flooding) and snow... by janet | Aug 31, 2015 | Hawaii nei, Writing history
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 4006. Rules to Govern Persons who Attempt to Rescue the Drowning – 1. In removing a body from the water, whether into a boat or drawing it along along by your own efforts always keep the face upward.... by janet | Feb 1, 2010 | Writing history
What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipt for the Million 1857? 2353. Haggling off limbs and branches and leaving stumps on the trees, which rot off and let the water into the trunk, soon destroys the tree; therefore, always cut or saw off smooth, when the wound will... by janet | Nov 7, 2009 | Research, Writing history
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... by janet | Oct 22, 2009 | Research, Writing history
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... by janet | Jun 19, 2009 | Writing history, Writing resources
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...