Apr 18, 2024 | Current Affairs - Family - History - Travel
I’m married to an avid news follower. Each day, Jan texts me snippets of the news she consumes while she’s doing other things. I’ve long tried to convince her to make these public. Yesterday she started doing just that, on her Threads account...
Mar 12, 2024 | History - Nellie Bly
During the election of 1888, Nellie Bly spent a week interviewing the wives of the various candidates, then followed up by embarking on interviewing all the living former first ladies. This must have been well received, for here she is immediately following the...
Mar 4, 2024 | Current Affairs - Essential Posts - History - Shakespeare - Theatre - Writing
Those who know my work will recognize my constant blending of Shakespeare and history. It entertains me to reconcile gaps in history with the characters and plots of Shakespeare’s plays. I often use these to explore various quirks of history, as well as the...
Jan 9, 2024 | History - Nellie Bly
In Quaint Old Economy Sunday, January 8, 1888 There Dwells a Sect With More Millions Than Members. Of the Thousand Who Followed George Rapp to America in 1805 Eighteen Now Remain—They Think the World Will End Before the Last of Them Dies—Quiet and Simple Life in a...
Dec 17, 2023 | History - Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly made several attempts at a regular column across her career. She was much more successful towards the end of her life, but she had a run of several months from the end of 1894 to early 1895 under the heading of “Nellie Bly Says.” These seem to...
Dec 8, 2023 | History - Nellie Bly
In 1891, Dr. Charles Parkhurst, a clergyman elected president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, launched a campaign against Tammany Hall’s political and social corruption. He exposed their connections with the police and their role in...
