Fountain Pens

A very cool tool back in the day.   Mid nineteenth century United States was a time of great invention and great change. Writing letters was still the number one way to communicate whether it was personal, business, official or whatever the nature. So when the fountain pen hit the scene in 1830 in Birmingham,…

Page Of Wands

Page Of Wands Tarot Card, Meaning When you see this card in a tarot reading, it’s the time when you should expect the people around you – and you yourself as well – to be very excited about current events. Discussions full of positive energy and impulsive invitations are very possible. There is also a…

Heroes Are Like Johnny And Heroines Are Like June

Two favorite romantic role models. We’ve all heard of Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah and all the Fairy Tale Princes and Princesses. But we don’t have to go back centuries or look to the world of make believe to find a man and a woman who loved each other so much that the whole…

Facing Heartbreak

It’s part of every love story. Usually there is a point in any romance novel that brings a character face to face with heartbreak. Not just feeling low or disappointed. No, this is much more than that. It’s a feeling as if the heart in their chest is breaking in half and may never mend….

Women’s Panties In The 19th Century

Not to be confused with corsets. Panties, or more correctly called “drawers”, “pantalettes”, or “bloomers” by the mid 19th century woman, were much like they are today and not attached to their corsets. The idea of wearing frilly drawers (or frilly anything ) out of the public eye was so impractical to the American woman…

Five Of Swords

Five Of Swords Tarot Card Meaning First let me give you the classic meaning of the Five Of Swords: Suffering a humiliating defeat. Being struck down by someone you know who was pretending to be a friend. It’s a card of feeling ambushed, emotionally and verbally abused and, to add more insult to the injury…