In Defense of Bad History

July 19, 2018

Not inaccurate or badly researched history, of course, but the “Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know” kind of history. Without …

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 …

April 1, 2018

The best times are always those when we are the least self-conscious– not that we can necessarily choose those times. …

November 7, 2017

We all love things, don’t we? Things in the literal, corporeal, piled-in-a-heap sense: plates, shoes, books, chairs, necklaces, models. But …

October 26, 2017

My assistant misunderstood the exercise, and is disappointed that we will not be turning the government over to him. What …

October 24, 2017

Scandal and outrage rock the reenacting world as reading comprehension lags and The Gentle Author is accused of presentism– or, …

October 11, 2017

When I was in middle school, we were given an assignment that is now considered inappropriate: we were asked to …

October 7, 2017

I love this image, and the original on which it is based. I love it so much that we’ve recreated …