Living Deliberately

May 8, 2018

A friend of mine recently wrote about replicating the domestic life of the past (specifically the 18th century) and how …

Civil War and Uncivilized War

June 7, 2016

Slightly turbulent and busy days chez Calash have resulted in a lack of postings, but work proceeds: Genesee and then New …

September 20, 2015

Mr Hiwell, the Young Mr and I ventured out to Nassau, New York this weekend to be part of Founders …

November 24, 2014

After an intense three days spent thinking about museums, we went to the antique mall on Sunday. It did not …

November 22, 2014

For almost ten years, I’ve been working on the re-interpretation and re-presentation of the HHM that is part of my …

October 30, 2014

In the post-What Cheer Day aftermath, when I was very tired and two houses were very messed up, I started …

October 27, 2014

Let’s begin with the easy part: pretty pictures of a pretty house. (It’s too easy, right? More on that later …

June 15, 2014

Saturday was my first post-operative foray into costumed interpretation, up to Paul Revere House on Flag Day. This went much …