Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Today, we have a lot to celebrate, since it’s Mardi Gras, aka “Fat Tuesday.” For a lot of us, it’s a day to indulge in goodies before the Lenten go-withouts kick in;…
Hmm, it was hard to come up with a ROW80 theme this week. We have President’s Day (grade-school children in tall hats and fake beards, reading patriotic poetry), Mardi Gras (wild, bead-throwing, it-stays-in-Vegas revelry), and for some of us, Lent (religious, penitent, swearing off – gasp! – chocolate). Then I remembered…Fasnacht Day, originally a Pennsylvania…
Today I’m re-posting an item you might find interesting. Have a great weekend! Today, we’re talking about toilets. As a 19th century mystery writer, I need as much information as I can get. Don’t worry, I’m not about to go into the bathroom habits of my characters in my book (or here); I happened to…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Unless you’ve been living in a hole dug in the ground, you know it’s Valentine’s Day! In anticipation of the occasion, I did the whole chocolate thing last week, here and here. So what topic…
Well, check-ins are probably healthier than chocolate this Valentine’s week, right? Not that I’m swearing off chocolate! So, how did I do? My goals: 1. Check-ins on Sundays. Yep, I’m getting the hang of this one! 2. Blog posts on Tues/Fri schedule. I really reveled in the chocolate “experience” this week, between my Tuesday post…
We love chocolate! It’s hard to imagine a world without it. As promised in my previous post on chocolate, today we’ll take a quick look at the history behind it. When did folks first discover it, and what forms did it take? How did it change over time? The beginnings: Mesoamerica…
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Valentine’s Day – a week from today! The occasion means different things to different folks. For the kiddos, it could mean Batman/Hello Kitty classroom valentines, or those “sweetheart” chalky candies with the goofy…
We have a real treat today for you mystery and history lovers: an exploration of one of the most famous fictional villains, Professor Moriarty. He’s the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes, and bad boy of stage and screen, most recently rendered in the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. It’s particularly appropriate that Victorian scholar…
