With the winter season fast approaching, the dark nights lengthen and many days are marked by a gray overcast, rain, or fog. But together we’ve...
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Happy Holiday Postcards
I’m always thrilled to learn that I’m not the only one in the world who loves historic postcards, and I’ve met so many postcard lovers that I’m...
Family Gathering for a Holiday
Thinking about family in November inevitably centers around gathering for Thanksgiving and Christmas, especially this year since we are returning to...
A Pumpkin Bread Tradition
PUMPKIN BREAD COMBINE: 2 ½ CUPS BROWN SUGAR 1 CUP OIL 2/3 CUP WATER 4 EGGS 2 CUPS PUMPKIN (FRESH COOKED AND MASHED OR CANNED) SIFT AND ADD: ½ TSP...
What are the Holidays without Chocolate?
Can you imagine a holiday table filled with desserts and not one having chocolate as an ingredient? Me neither. Add yet for centuries, my ancestors...
Holiday Cooking Traditions
Holidays are where most of my memories over the years were created. The family events create traditions across generations, but the anchor of all...
Announcing…Historical Holiday Dessert Recipes!
Every week for the past twelve months, we PLW authors have been sharing our writing, reading, and life-in-general journeys here on our blog. From...
At Mother’s Table
From the time I was a small girl, the smell of turkey roasting in the oven brought with it a strong sense of tradition, which is very important to...
Eat, Drink, & be Grateful!
Most of us know the phrase “Eat, drink, & be merry”, but I’m definitely more grateful than merry this November. (And guess what I learned today?...
Ode to the Turkeys in my Life
November is the month of my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. I love everything about it; spending time with family and the incredible food without...
Halloween Traditions
My mother loved Halloween. I remember one year, when I was in high school, I threw a Halloween party at my house. My mother went crazy with party...
“An’ the Gobble-uns’ll git you*”
I don’t know about you, but when the Autumn pine needles shiver to the ground and candy corn finally arrives on the store shelves, my imagination...
Pioneers Over Patriots
I grew up in a patriotic household, but we rarely lit a sparkler on the 4th of July. Throughout Utah and Southeastern Idaho, we marched in parades...
Bastille Day and The Fourth of July
HAPPY BASTILLE DAY! Funny how the French holiday and our Fourth of July...
When We Need Art
I meant to write about St. Patrick’s Day. Something about Irish heritage (of which I am), or something about the written word. I thought about...
Love in Literature
HAPPY FEBRUARY--THE MONTH OF LOVE. Valentine’s Day, whether you love it or hate it, dominates this month much like the theme of love dominates...
Killer Ideas for an 1889 New Orleans Holiday Story
This holiday season so many historical novelists have been offering their readers a generous helping of Christmas lagniappe (prounounced lanyap, it...
Ghosts of Christmases Past
Christmas Eve began with First Vespers, the evening prayer service. Vespers was a daily practice, but on Christmas Eve the priest would tell of the...
Schmutzli – Sinister Sidekick to St. Nicholas
As we approach the winter solstice this weekend and the new moon on Christmas Night, I’ve been thinking about how the long, dark nights influence...
Georgian Christmas Trees
It’s a beautiful series If you have seen the beautiful and epic Masterpiece Theatre series “Victoria,” you will have seen Queen Victoria’s German...
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