by Kate Dolan | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Colonial America, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Sports and Fitness
I thought I would combine my favorite subject—history—with the subject of my latest book—jump rope—and write a blog about the history of jump rope. However, I should warn you that I could make up just about anything in this blog and you’d be hard pressed to...
by Kate Dolan | Nov 2, 2015 | Articles, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Sports and Fitness
During November and December, to celebrate the release of Roped In, I will be on a “Virtual Book Tour” and posting a series of blogs about jump rope. Tour stops are listed on my webpage here. Roped In is a Karen Maxwell mystery (which means a detective...
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...
by Kate Dolan | Jul 31, 2012 | Latest Posts, Sports and Fitness
Even though Americans watch a lot of sports on TV, I think most of us watch the Olympics for the drama rather than actual athletics. Parents who groan at the prospect of sitting through their own children’s swim meets will glue their eyes to the television to catch...
by Kate Dolan | Dec 6, 2010 | Latest Posts, Toto's Tale
Not at the same time. Meg’s hobby, sport, passion and biggest pastime these days is jump rope. When members of her precision jump rope team, the Kangaroo Kids learned that we’d written a book together, they invited us to hold a book signing during the group’s annual...
