On Friday, November 24th, at 1:00 p.m., I’ll be talking about, reading from, and signing Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage at the Sanibel Island Bookshop in sunny Southwest Florida. Please come on by and do your holiday shopping early! This book is the perfect gift for absolutely everyone! OK, OK — small […]
Author: MissAbigail
1949: Politics
Unless you’ve been living in a cave with no contact with the outside world, you’re probably aware that it is election time here in the U.S. of A. No matter what your affiliation, or how sick you are of all of the negative campaign ads, this is what democracy is all about! Thinking of a […]
1938: Iron and Spinach
I’ve always had low iron. I know because every time I go to the American Red Cross Blood Drive at work, I have to stock up on my multivitamins, spinach, and raisins in the week before, so I can donate successfully. And with this recent spinach scare, I’m going nuts! I am craving spinach. Must […]
Look at Me
Look at Me is a cool collection of old photos that were “lost, forgotten, or thrown away” according to the site creator Frederic Bonn. I started to click through to see all of the 616 photos online, but my mouse fingers got tired. Here are a few that I enjoyed: ~The New Look~WWBA State Tournament […]
1869: Shun Small Waists
I finally got around to taking some books out of my car trunk: those that had been purchased on my travels to New England back in August, along with a bag of books that some friends donated to the Miss Abigail collection recently. These newest books are listed over here at Library Thing. The ones […]
Hello from women’s history talk
We’re blogging live from the Library of Congress women’s history brown bag. Hello everyone!
Server change
My site moved servers over the weekend and I’ve been having a bit of trouble with my email, posting here, and even viewing my own site when others could get to it! I think all the kinks are worked out but let me know if you see anything funky while browsing around. I know there’s […]
1936: Wise Use of Leisure
Some of you may not be aware that I play the french horn. I have since fourth grade, and since graduating from college a bazillion years ago it’s been off and on whenever I can find a group to play with. (I don’t do so well solo.) I’m currently playing with my local Takoma Park […]
Two Online Books
Ayesha, a reader from Villanova, Pennsylvania, forwarded me the following fabulous online finds: Charm and Courtesy in Conversation written by Frances Bennett Callaway in 1904. Fascinating Womanhood or The Art of Attracting Men. Ayesha claims that these are “the original 8 pamphlets from the 1920s which Helen Andelin’s 1960s work (Fascinating Womanhood. Santa Barbara, Calif.: […]
1926: Hotel Etiquette
The recent trip had a few memorable hotel-related incidents: room mixups due to a reservation booked by one of our party for the wrong night (and subsequent cancellation by the hotel), accusations by an angry Spanish hotel clerk of possible orgies (long, long story there, and JUST NOT TRUE!), and extra fees for air conditioning […]