Elinor Fettiplace, Walter Raleigh’s Rose Sweet Potatoes and an Excellent Negus

Elizabeth I  (1533-1603), by Nicolas Hilliard, 1592 Elinor Fettiplace née Poole (1570-1647) was born 12 years into the reign of Elizabeth th...

Mark Twain's 1906 Players Club Dinner, Part 2

Mark Twain    (1835-1910) Another reason to recreate a 1906 Mark Twain dinner to mark my anniversary was to celebrate his autobiography -- p...

Mark Twain’s 1906 Players Club Dinner, Part 1

I began this blog a year ago!  In that time I have had over 100,000 visits, learned about many things that I had always been curious about, ...