The highlight of my busy summer was walking the Camino de Santiago in June. For 10 days, I walked with a church group from Sarria to Santiago, 110 kilometers or 68 miles. We had beautiful, cool weather, and I met pilgrims from all over the world completing the same walk, or longer ones. The CaminoContinueContinue reading ““In my whole Life, my Patience was never so near being totally exhausted:” John Adams walks a reverse Camino…”
Tag Archives: american revolution
History Camp and Why it Matters
Not History Camp: Rebels and Redcoats at Old Sturbridge Village a week earlier. I think these are the folks from Lexington! Dear Friends, I recently returned from a weekend at History Camp. History Camp?? My Instagram posts now get posted to Threads (where I’m a very occasional visitor), but right away people had questions: What’sContinueContinue reading “History Camp and Why it Matters”
A Revolution for the Rest of Us: 15 Books about the American Revolution with a Quaker, Black, LGBTQIA+ or Kid-focus you may not have read (but I’ve read them for you!)
Dear Friends, When I was growing up, books about the American Revolution were mostly like this: I am sorry if this one was your favorite! Apart from the occasional (and excellent) My Brother Sam is Dead, I didn’t read many books where I saw myself as a person affected, disaffected, participating, or even by-standing duringContinueContinue reading “A Revolution for the Rest of Us: 15 Books about the American Revolution with a Quaker, Black, LGBTQIA+ or Kid-focus you may not have read (but I’ve read them for you!)”
Off to Historical Novel Society North America with a sample book cover!
Dear Friends, I’m excited to be planning my trip to Historical Novel Society North America’s (HNSNA) 2023 Conference in San Antonio next month! I’m planning to pitch my finished novel to a couple of smaller publishers while I’m at the conference and learned I need something called a “pitch sheet.” This sheet will have aContinueContinue reading “Off to Historical Novel Society North America with a sample book cover!”
Who Wore it Best? 8 “Girls” who dressed as Boys in the American Revolution
Hey Friends! I recently published a gift-sized book on both this topic and what I’ve learned about early American Quakers. You can find it on Amazon. Pick up one for yourself and one for the Friend in your life! Dear Friends, Happy March! What happened to January? And February? It seems like just yesterday, I wasContinueContinue reading “Who Wore it Best? 8 “Girls” who dressed as Boys in the American Revolution”
Anthony Benezet’s Revolutionary Academy for Children
Benezet set up a school for free Black children in his home on Chestnut Street between 3rd and 4th Streets Hey Friends! I recently published a gift-sized book on both this topic and what I’ve learned about early American Quakers. You can find it on Amazon. Pick up one for yourself and one for the FriendContinueContinue reading “Anthony Benezet’s Revolutionary Academy for Children”
Sex and the City: Philadelphia 1777
Bedroom, Cedar Grove, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia A confluence of events: the reboot of Sex and the City (SATC) i.e. And Just Like That (AJLT) and a family emergency led me to watch both the reboot and the original SATC this past month. With the attention span of a flea the past few weeks, I dippedContinueContinue reading “Sex and the City: Philadelphia 1777”