Leap Year A La Regency Thirty days hath September, April, June and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine. Just as young people desiring to…
For those of us immersed in the Regency time period, the year 1812 holds numerous significant incidents–incidents that set history on a course from the old world and into the new. Power changed hands in government and wars, the Industrial…
Kristi here. I love chocolate. I love my husband. I don’t love these things in the same way, though. It’s one of the frustrating things about the English language. We have the word like and we have the word love…
“L.O.V.E. in the Regency” Have You Seen The Bargain Buy at Amazon I can wax on about the lovely aspects of the Regency era and the fiction it has spawned, but to reign in my thoughts, I’ll limit my reflections to four…
Dancing and travel: two of the joys of the Regency. My picture of that elegant period of history is full of flowing dresses and swiftly-moving carriages. Have You Seen The Bargain Buy at Amazon But the balls and the journeys…
JANE AUSTEN’S PRAYERS We are all familiar with Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey – but did you know that Ms. Austen also wrote three prayers? Jane likely penned her three prayers as “evening prayers,” intending them…
Tammy here. What is real romance? Is it roses and chocolates, Diamonds and furs? Does the more money he spends on you measure how much he loves you? I remember back in the beginning of my marriage I just wanted my…
Happy Valentine’s Day from the authors of Regency Reflections. Look at the Regency Buy at Amazon Here’s wishing you a day filled with the love of your friends, family, and Lord.
Valentine’s Day in Regency England Cards were already a popular custom for all classes by regency times. Most were home-and-handmade from plain to fancy, depending on what the sender could afford. Fancier ones might include gilt-edged paper and real lace…
Vanessa here with a devotion from my heart: Providence, let me love You like my chosen betrothed. Flood my arms with anticipation, so the pimples tickle the lace of my best ball gloves. I sweep my fan and search for…