Since it is Easter weekend I thought that I would check to see if Jane had used the word "Easter".  Sure enough, I found quite a ...

We have in the past on this blog quoted from the letter Jane wrote to Cassandra on November 17, 1798 where she said:   "...I was t...

This early 19th CE Dutch milk lady seemed to be enjoying what she was doing. Painter: Wybrand Hendriks Breaking my recent tradition...

Since March 17th is St. Patrick's Day around the world (according to Wikipedia), I thought it appropriate to investigate Tom's Iris...

I wish to continue my quote from last week in The Loiterer Issue No. 29 .  I got side tracked with the new discoveries from 200 years ago, ...

A Regency wedding, from Isabelle Goddard   While searching for some "Jane Austen" opinions about the status of women in...

As it is valentines weekend I have chosen a favourite quote from Captain Wentworth's letter to Anne Elliott in  Persuasion : "You...

Jane (Anne Hathaway) and Tom (James McAvoy) before the faithful moment that turned the tide I’d like to revisit an old quote of...

Sorry for the delay in posting Linda's quote. We will be more on time this weekend. 　 Here I go again!  Sorry, but I can...

Chapter 6 of Northanger Abbey finds Isabella Thorpe and Catherine Morland having a conversation in the early stages of their friendship. Th...

Sunrise in north Bali (my own collection) It’s my first turn of the year, and I already am late! Sigh... (being more punctual i...

This week I chose a quote from part 9 of Tom Lefroy's memoirs: "But the things I am speaking of concerning his personal charac...