Wednesday, January 29, 2014

"Arrrrgh, it's the Hoi Toiders!"...hearing early 18th century speech today

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Blackbeard the Pirate by Joseph Nicholls, 1736 Having moved to the three-hundred-year-old northeastern North Carolina town of Edento...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Uncovering Blackbeard's Treasure...historical riches from "Queen Anne's Revenge"

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(Part 2) Model of Queen Anne's Revenge In 1718, Captain Edward Teach AKA Blackbeard the Pirate, ran his flagship,  Queen Anne...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

It's a Pirate's Life for Me...discovering historical treasure from Blackbeard's "Queen Anne's Revenge"

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(Part I) "Cutthroat Kate" strikes a pose My husband, Bill, and I took a Sunday drive down to New Bern, North Carolina (a...
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Men with Big Hair...an unfortunate 18th century fashion statement

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"Portrait of a Gentleman" by  Nicolas de Largillierre.(early 1700's) Between 1700 and 1720, during the time in which my ...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Auld Lang Syne...translating 18th century lyrics

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By Prefeitura de Sete Lagoas (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons It's midnigh...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Christmas Verses for the Printer's Devil...an 18th century poem of a Colonial Christmas

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"The Mistletoe Bough" by Francis Wheatley, 1790 This week I beg my Reader's pardon and indulgence as I celebrate this bus...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

"Oh Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding"...only if you're over 21!

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English Tudor Christmas Carolers Back in the 18th century (and a couple centuries before) when caroler's sang out "We Wish Yo...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Sing a Song of Christmas...18th century style

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Bruton Parish Church, Colonial Williamsburg, VA* ~First, a brief but important (to me, at least!) announcement: If you happen to be fo...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Syllabub Anyone?...18th Century Festive Holiday Drinks

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"The Sense of Taste" by Philip Mercier (circa 1689-1760)  Ah, 'tis the season for raising a toast of good cheer or simpl...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

We Gather Together...a Thanksgiving Excerpt from Sea Snow, the gentle haunting of a 19th century lighthouse

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"The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" by Jennie A. Brownscombe Those of us in the United States are preparing for tomorrow...