Author: Author Cherith Boardman
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Cleanliness is Next to Modern-ness
Good morrow, dear readers. Many of my American readers are likely awakening from their turkey comas; my family is struggling with our lasagne coma. (Yes, we have lasagne for Thanksgiving dinner.) However, I hope every one of my dear readers enjoyed Netherfield Ball Day (otherwise known as November 26th to the non-Austen-enlightened world)! Balls in Georgian England must have been very different from…
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Hair-raising Horse Tales
Good morrow, dear readers! Happy Halloween. I suppose it should surprise no one that the Amish did not celebrate Halloween, so I cannot give you a spooky Amish tale. But there were more than a few hair-raising moments in our 5 years in the community, nearly all of them associated with horses. For the record, I am…
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City Caro, Country Lizzy
Happy October, dear readers! In North America, autumn is upon us, and most of us associate this month with harvest time. It is likewise the month the Netherfield party arrives in Meryton. I feel like continuing one of my favourite themes: Bingley sister bashing! An aspect of the much be-hated Superior Sisters I failed to…
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Stitches in Time
Good morrow, dear readers! How are you this fine September morn? This week, we shall address what I learned of clothing during our time with the Amish and how that pertains to life in the Regency period. One of my biggest pet peeves with the 1995 Pride and Prejudice adaptation is their choice to deem…
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Designs in Practicality
Good morrow, dear readers. I hope all is well with you! I remember, in my pre-Amish days, watching period dramas and marvelling, not in a good way, about all the dark panelling throughout English country houses. Why would they do that? It would absorb all the light! Whereas such panelling is not as reflective as…
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Add a Little Light to the Situation
Good morrow, dear readers. Are you having a lovely July? I am trying – and mildly succeeding – to get back to writing this month. As I mentioned last time, it was reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women in the light of our kerosene lamps which first opened my eyes to the parallels betwixt my…
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Like Living in a Book
Good morrow, fair readers. How are you this glorious June morn? I know ‘tis Friday the 13th, but I still wish every good thing upon you all! When introducing some of what I learned through our five years with the Amish community, I thought I would share what first opened my eyes to the practical…
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Darcy and Lizzy Going Dutch?
Good morrow, dear readers! A question was asked on one of the JAFF FB groups recently about a modern Amish P&P variation. As I mentioned in my introduction in February 2023, my family and I spent five years in an Amish community, attempting to join the church; thus, such a variation would seem perfect for…
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Feliz Sexta-freira Santa!
Bees are sipping from the dogwood blooms out my window, and I hope each of my wonderful readers is enjoying a glorious spring or autumn morning – and that the continuous summer is not too scorching for those readers residing along the equator. Since today is Good Friday – and a blessed one to those…
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How Far We Have Come?
Since the sun crossed the earth’s equinox at 5:01am EDT yesterday morning, I wish a very Happy Spring to my dear Northern Hemisphere readers, and a most Happy Autumn to my dear Southern Hemisphere readers! (No, my nerdiness is not restricted to Regency trivia.) At the time this blog posts, it will have been 13…