Holiday Austen Potpourri

I am so behind in blogging, so here are the whirlwind highlights of what I have been doing at Woodston Cottage and in California these past two weeks... My Trip to California I left my snug cottage in Snohomish and flew to Los Angeles for a quick Jane Austen-inspired long weekend. On Friday, author Syrie... Continue Reading →

Regency-era English Christmas Pudding: American Fruitcake’s Kissin’ Cousin

I recently read the delightful Regency-era Christmas novel The Mischief of the Mistletoe, by Lauren Willig. Our hero Reginald “Turnip” Fitzhugh and heroine Arabella Dempsey are brought together by a Christmas pudding! Yep. A very creative ice-breaker to introduce and spark a romance, right? In 1803, Arabella is an instructor at Miss Climpson’s Select Seminary... Continue Reading →

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