by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | Civil War, history, LJ Idol
I have a confession. I don’t wear underwear when I do Civil War living history. No, instead of underwear, I wear period correct split leg drawers that come down to my knees. There was this deliciously bizarre moment this weekend when the guys were pulling up...
by admin | Jun 28, 2014 | history, Writing
Well, it’s official: my novel, Anything You Ask of Me, will be released on August 4, 2015! Yes. So, mark you calendars and get your wine in the fridge because it’s going to be epic. I have no idea what I’m doing for a release party but look: with...
by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Civil War, LJ Idol
I am notoriously bad at being outdoors. As an example of how I poorly I function in a non-artificially lit environment, I submit to you following experience: when I was, oh, let’s say around nineteen years old, The Hubs (who was then just The Boyfriend) invited...
by admin | Jun 9, 2014 | Civil War
Quote of the weekend: “Hey John, tell them about the time you caught on fire.” Second quote of the weekend: John: “It actually happened twice.” Pollen spores were the name of the game in Gettysburg this weekend. The Hubs had some kind of...
by admin | Oct 28, 2013 | history
Firmly on the other side of the government shut down (ahem, for now) and before the government sequester sets in (sorry Sesquicentennial 2014), this past weekend was our annual jaunt to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia for Artillery Weekend. Let me rephrase. Artillery...