by Kate Dolan | Aug 13, 2022 | 19th Century America, Articles, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency, Roaring Twenties, Sports and Fitness
Since I live in a beach town, it should be easy to find a bathing suit that fits, right? It isn’t. I can find thousands of t-shirts that mention the word “ocean,” but nothing comfortable to wear in the actual ocean. But it used to be so much worse. When...
by Kate Dolan | Apr 15, 2016 | Articles, Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency, Servants
“This country has reached a very alarming crisis. Torn by two parties…Congress enacting laws it is unable to enforce …only to substitute equally bad ones…” Sound familiar? I’m know I’m not alone in finding the factionalism in...
by Kate Dolan | Mar 1, 2016 | Articles, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency, Servants
Don’t we feel sorry for the poor troubled aristocratic family in Downton Abbey? Not so much, I think. Because even on their worst days, they never even have to think about taking out the trash or scrubbing crusted food off a dinner plate. They have servants to...
by Kate Dolan | Jan 23, 2016 | Articles, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Regency, Toto's Tale
As a senior in high school, my daughter is in the midst of her London Season—the 21st Century version. Two hundred years ago, the greatest aspiration of a young lady of her age was to enjoy a successful social Season in London during which she would attend balls,...
by Kate Dolan | Dec 9, 2015 | Articles, Colonial America, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency
These days we don’t tend to think of monsters during the Christmas season, but back before we had the option of watching Elf or A Christmas Story on TV every night, we humans satisfied our need for entertainment by sharing Christmas stories around the fire....
by Kate Dolan | Sep 8, 2015 | Articles, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Regency, Servants
Teachers are often put in a difficult position in today’s society, but I think the situation faced by their historical counterparts was often much worse. A governess brought into a home to teach girls and younger boys was expected to be everything but was treated as...
