With the site redesign, I had to completely redo how my old advice pages were displaying. They are now all blog posts. Two popular posts from the old site are now in new locations. If you are looking for glove etiquette, it’s here: https://www.missabigail.com/advice/beauty-and-charm/2010/08/glove-etiquette/ And the one on the Sears charm school is here: https://www.missabigail.com/news/2008/01/sears-discovery-charm-school-ring-any-bells/ […]
Month: September 2010
Welcome to the New and Improved MissAbigail.com
Hello Miss Abigail fans! Welcome to the new and improved version of MissAbigail.com, now hosted on WordPress. It was time to bring the site into the modern era of web publishing, so I’ve spent the last few months updating and refreshing the content you see here. Miss Abigail 2.0 is easier for me to update, […]
Miss Abigail ~ the play ~ heads to NY!
Exciting news – a new play, which was inspired by my book, Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, is heading to New York in October! Read more about it on the producer’s blog. Co-written by Ken Davenport and Sarah Saltzberg, the play stars Eve Plumb as Miss Abigail and Manuel Herrera as her […]
Summertime Hints
Founded in 1868 by J. R. Watkins, the Watkins Company, as evidenced in their company history, was a pioneer in natural products to cure, clean, cook with, drink, and kill insects with. Elaine Allen, Director of Home Economics at the company, put together the 1941 book Watkins Household Hints which I perused this morning to find some random […]
How to Display the Flag
I’ve seen American flags hanging from bridges overhanging the highways. I’ve seen them attached to cars and motorcycles, whipping in the wind as the vehicles pass by. I’ve seen paper flags taped to windows and doors. I’ve never seen so many flags. But do we really remember how to treat them correctly? Here are a […]
Twelve Steps to Success in Public Speaking
I’ve been busy preparing for a talk I gave last week at the American Studies Association conference in Detroit. I was on a panel that discussed secondhand shops and thrift stores, and told all about purchasing books for this site. Since I spend more time behind the safety of the keyboard, I was a bit […]
Speech Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace
Q Dear Miss Abigail: My boss has asked me to give a presentation at a conference, but I’m so nervous and don’t think anyone will listen to what I have to say. Do you have tips that will help me get through this? Signed, Olivia A Dear Olivia: How fitting this question is, as I […]
Sing, Sing a Song
Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do I become a singer? How do I get a good record company and get my tape to the company? I have a good voice, but I can’t think of songs and my tape recorder doesn’t work well. Signed, Chip A Dear Chip: Wow. Chip, honey, you’ve got quite a […]
Is Andy Interested In Me? or, Remembering Names
Q Dear Miss Abigail: Is Andy interested in me? Signed, Evelyn A Dear Evelyn: I’d like to take this opportunity to clarify something for you and quite a few others who have recently asked me such questions as “Will I marry John Rachal?” and “Will I go out with Jonathan Bonin?” and “Am I wasting […]
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I am about to enter my eighteenth year. Upon realizing this threshold, it seems I have developed a fear of actually being “a grown woman.” Even at the age of technical womanhood, I doubt that I’ll feel like I’m responsible or mature enough to think of myself as anything but a […]