How familiar are you all with the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas? Well, we are on the sixth day and I have no geese a-layin. I pointed this out to my husband, my Sweet Babou. He told me point blank that geese were evil buggers that hissed and could break your wrist with… Read more On the Sixth Day of Christmas
My daughters are nine, seven, and four years of age. Although the nine year old and the seven year old play along with the idea of Santa, they don’t really believe anymore (I think they won’t admit it because they want to encourage my enthusiasm). My wee daughter, however, believes with a great strong belief… Read more Santa Claus is Coming to Town
I’ve never made it a secret I have Asperger’s syndrome. To the contrary, I have been quite up front about it. As an Aspy, one of my biggest bugbears is inaccurate book reviews. I would never try to censor someone’s opinion of any book, but the facts they list as the reason they dislike the… Read more Keeping the Accurate in Accuracy
Well, this is both flattering and exciting! I am a character in a play. The play has been written and is being produced by a class taught by Dr. Susan Bordo, the author of the excellent book The Making of Anne Boleyn. It is called The Trial of Anne Boleyn and the role of ME… Read more I Am Quite the Character
*Okay, this turns out to have been a hoax on a satirical website. I swallowed the bait, hook, line, and sinker. Mea Culpa. Many of you may have already seen reports on this, but a team of archaeologists affiliated with the University College Dublin have discovered a trio of skeletons from a previously unknown humanoid… Read more The Wee Folk *updated*
Edward II was a deeply flawed king. In her book Edward II: The Unconventional King, Kathryn Warner doesn’t attempt to hide that fact. However, she also uses meticulous research to debunk myriad myths about Edward II, including the malarkey that he was killed via a hot poker in the rectum. Edward II had a rough… Read more Review of Edward II: The Unconventional King
(I’d like to give a warm welcome to Kathryn Warner and thank her for the post. I’ll have a review of her excellent book up on Friday!) King Edward II is rightly remembered as one of the most disastrous kings England has ever produced. His reign of nineteen and a half years, July 1307… Read more Guest Post About Edward II from author Kathryn Warner
This post is for the lovely lady who admins the Tudor Fan Page on Facebook, who wanted to give her readers a quick & dirty summation of the theory that Henry VIII’s blood was positive for the Kell antigen and that he subsequently developed McLeod syndrome. Most people don’t know it, but red blood cells… Read more Hello Tudor Fan Page!
I recently stumbled across a historical blog whose post reduced me to tears of mirth. Literally, I laughed out loud and scared my dogs. The post was titled “The Support Group For People Unfairly Maligned In Historical Fiction” and it was one of the most hilarious tongue-in-cheek takedowns of semi-historical fiction I have ever read.… Read more How to make Edward II funny!
On this day in history (1992) the best thing that had ever happened to me up until that point occurred. My goddaughter, code named Katie Bug for her protection, burst forth from her mothers loins and promptly peed on the doctor. I was there, and having seen the episiotomy they had given her poor mom,… Read more Happy Birthday Katie Bug!