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The never-ending housework!
I asked my grandmother in the 1970′s. . . I was twenty and she was in her sixties. . . what modern convenience in her kitchen did she appreciate the most. I was thinking she might mention the washing machine, the refrigerator, or the dish washer. She surprised me by saying, “Running water!” And then, “You have no idea, Irene, of what the word “housework” used to mean! Continue reading
Posted in Cape Cod, domestic life, housework, Marriage, Uncategorized
Tagged front parlor, housework, women's work
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Walking tour of historic Paine Hollow, South Wellfleet
If you want to know more about the houses in the book Eva and Henry, A Cape Cod Marriage, you should join us for a walking tour down historic Paine Hollow on June 15. We will all meet at the … Continue reading
A rekindled talent
Thrifty and efficient wives of the nineteenth century were well practiced with a needle and thread, and just as we now depend upon the cell phones that have pushed into our lives in the past decade, the sewing machine became … Continue reading
Posted in domestic life, domestic thrift
Tagged economic housekeeping, mend, sew, Singer sewing machine
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Event at the Bee Hive Tavern, Sandwich, MA
I have managed to collect the most telling of the vintage photographs found in our family attic into a Power Point show (viewed the same way a slide show can be, via a projector). I am honored to have been … Continue reading
Posted in domestic life, writer on the road
Tagged author event, domestic historic fiction, Sandwich, writing process
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