Have you started your holiday baking yet? If not, you’re already behind! With Chanukah and Advent both beginning yesterday, and American Thanksgiving last week, the Holiday Treat Season is in full swing! Let’s have a look at how our 19th century forbears celebrated in the kitchen. In *Cold-Blooded Myrtle*, you’ll find that Myrtle (not to… Read more »
November 2021
#MyrtleMondays: German Cover Reveal for Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 2!
This is an exciting, delightful, and unexpected surprise (as opposed to all the surprises that *are* expected…?): Last week I learned that *Verlag Knesebeck*, German publisher of the *Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries,* is releasing Book 2, *How to Get Away with Myrtle*, this coming April. And along with that, they have a beautiful new cover to… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: More Myrtles on the Way!
Did you know that wealthy homeowners in the 1800s could stock their home libraries by ordering books by the foot? Well, make room on your shelf, because there will soon be almost seven full inches of *Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries*! That’s right, in addition to Books 1-3, *Premeditated Myrtle, How to Get Away with Myrtle*, and… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Holiday Commercialism in the 1800s
Have you started your holiday shopping yet? We’re only a week into November, but commercials, holiday movies, and news about supply chain issues might have you already feeling behind! It’s been more than fifty years since Charlie Brown bemoaned the commercialism of Christmas, but his complaint was old even then. Let’s take a look at… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Victorian Cats Redux
Dear Reader: this has been a week of absolute madness in the Bunce household! Drama, trauma, and news of all kinds (including the very best kind—which is not quite ready to share). I am behind on everything, and so it seems the perfect time for a Cat Break. Somehow I’m reminded of my parents telling me “Every… Read more »