Hey Friends! I recently published a gift-sized book on 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! The highlight of my busy summer was walking the Camino de Santiago in June. For 10 days, I walked with aContinueContinue reading ““In my whole Life, my Patience was never so near being totally exhausted:” John Adams walks a reverse Camino…”
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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”
Texas…has a textbook in it
Dear Friends, If you recall, I began writing a novel set in Maryland this year. I’m enjoying the Quaker Woman’s Cookbook and I’ve been making my way through “The Annals of Sandy Spring.” These original sources are fantastic, but if you’re a person of a certain age, you may recall taking “state history,” most oftenContinueContinue reading “Texas…has a textbook in it”
The Quaker Woman’s Cookbook, or so it begins…with a pound cake
Hey Friends! I recently published a gift-sized book on 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! The pound cake: a simple egg, butter, and flour cake (one pound each), but here’s the thing about it: it canContinueContinue reading “The Quaker Woman’s Cookbook, or so it begins…with a pound cake”
Do you ever wish you lived in a cave with Friends?
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! “Well, here we are,” Charity says. Ibbie and Ezra stand outside what appears to be a cave.ContinueContinue reading “Do you ever wish you lived in a cave with Friends?”
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!)
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, When I was growing up, books about the American Revolution were mostly like this:ContinueContinue 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!
Hey Friends! I recently published a gift-sized book on 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! The article below describes one of my WIPs. Dear Friends, I’m excited to be planning my trip to Historical Novel SocietyContinueContinue reading “Off to Historical Novel Society North America with a sample book cover!”
“Membership Discontinued” or the 5 Best Ways to Get Kicked out of Quaker Meeting
Me in front of Darby Meeting House in 2019. My ancestor was kicked out of Darby Monthly Meeting, as were John Bartram, and John James Pearson. Fornication, disbelief in the Holy Trinity, and fighting in the American Revolution were all big Quaker no-nos over the years. Quaker disownment fascinates me. In the genealogical research I’veContinueContinue reading ““Membership Discontinued” or the 5 Best Ways to Get Kicked out of Quaker Meeting”
Is Disaffection a Dirty Word?
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! In Chapter 19 of my WIP novel, A Little Rebellion, teen BFF’s Elizabeth and Eben haveContinueContinue reading “Is Disaffection a Dirty Word?”