http://hyperallergic.com/74922/more-vibrant-tales-of-obsolete-pigments/

For anyone writing about painting or poison, or both.

NYTimes article on dog brains. Interesting, I think.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/opinion/sunday/dogs-are-people-too.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

'Occupational injuries of the 18th century'

Should give me enough to wallow all day, right?

Check out what I found!

http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/02/a-hoard-of-16th-and-17th-century-childrens-toys/The part about the rood screen makes me wonder-- did children sneak pockets full of tops and pea-shooters into church? Did they get caught with them, and have to leave them behind? I am sure then as now some frustrated parent or teacher ( Read more... )

Check this out. Poor men. On both sides, poor men.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Pa-field-holds-secrets-of-1780s-British-POW-camp-4414573.php

http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2013/february/how-did-richard-iii-soundRead more... )

When a person is writing about the past, especially fiction, especially dialog, there is a temptation to go one of two ways. Either you find yourself sliding into 'ye olde timey pirate talk, arrg," or you render everything modern and strip the past away. It is hard to get the balance. (At least for me, maybe those of you who have done it more or ( Read more... )

I have been a little sidetracked lately, and have not really had my head in fiction writing. You know how you can come to love a fictional being, and they walk beside you through your day ( Read more... )

I have been thinking back over my story, and realize that there is a lot of manly weeping in it. My understanding is that Englishmen of the 18th century, even the end of it, did not regard tears with shame ( Read more... )

To vet today. My 70 lb dog has torn her ACL. Needs surgery ( Read more... )