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On The Road

I am taking a trip after a few years of staying close to home- huzzay!  My mode of transport won't be as slow or as picturesque as the coach depicted above. However,  I will have limited internet access so I won't be posting on my wordpress blog, checking my inbox on tumblr, or keeping up with all the amazing blogs I follow.  I’ll be back in about two weeks, refreshed and ready to share new content. Thanks for your patience and support!

Image:  "J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road" painted by John Cordrey, c. 1814. (Yale Center for British Art)

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Excellent at Little Things: a conversation in letters about letters

When you fold up and seal a letter Regency style, some of your words might go missing!  I found a little conversation in letters in The Gentleman’s Magazine of 1795 about this pet peeve of correspondents.  Read all about it at my wordpress blog.

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Dear Readers,

Interior with Young Woman Tracing a Flower, c.1820, Louise-Adéone Drolling. Saint Louis Art Museum.

Thanks for your support for my project! I am trying to settle down to a regular posting schedule of 2-3 times a week, so stay tuned.  I have a mix of posts planned for the next few weeks that I hope you will find interesting. Since my progress reports on handwriting tend to be very black and white,…

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