Knot Magick

I came across this article recently and had to share: A Brief History of Book Vending Machines. Sidenote: I want to visit Japan for many r...

Nefertiti by Michelle Moran I have discovered something: Archaeologists make really excellent novelists. Michelle Moran worked in Egyp...

Period fashion! Knitwear! I love the bow.  I thought I would continue my pattern of history-related posts on Wednesday. For typewriter f...

Late last week, Missouri sent me a fascinating link to an article about an article on chatelains. I love chatelains and have been wanting to...

What day is it? I've lost track. My internal calender is broken. On Saturday I thought it was Tuesday, and Monday I kept thinking it wa...

The box of my grandma's things contained only two objects other than photos. The first was a plastic box with some old pins and a charm ...

Have you ever seen those shows on PBS, or sometimes TLC or DIY or somesuch, where people research random old stuff they'd found? Glass b...

So I might have mentioned that I got a huge stack of library books. I've been working my way through them, returning some and checking ...

Inspired by one of the stories I'm working on, I declare this 20's Week! Have I mentioned that I love the 1920s? I adore art deco...

I know I said I was scaling back on the writing, but clearly cutting out books is not my intention. This is my upcoming reading list. And ...

Sew Retro: A Stylish History of the Sewing Revolution by Judi Ketteler I picked this book up at the library this week, along with a stac...

The Help This is the last regular post I have planned in this series, though my next Netflix might get tagged on at the end and I'll pro...

The King's Speech This is another movie I've spoken about on the blog, rather at length, so let me sum up: Great hats, elegant costu...

I love historical costumes. I'm interested in most eras, but I especially love the Victorian period up through the early 60s--and it j...

Currently reading: Proven Guilty In the DVD player: Iron Jawed Angels I've been going through my extensive film library, trying to compi...

Mom and I went to the Scott Antique Market at the Expo Center today, and I somehow managed to satisfy almost all of my nerdy habits--and I d...

Well, it certainly took long enough, but here is a picture of my first ever batik! It's going to be a cushion, but I can't really s...

Right now in Art history, we are going over the Ninja Turtles: Leonardo and Michelangelo, how they were influence by Donatello, and later, h...