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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under History, Extracurricular | 1 Comment
I’m proud to say that one of my many crippling, irrational fears is finally - after more than 10 years - completely, utterly gone.
I grew up a fearful and highly suggestible person. Afraid of the dark (especially passing in front of doorways leading to dark rooms); afraid of critters under my bed (literally “critters” […]
Monday, July 30th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under History, Commentary | 2 Comments
This weekend when we weren’t working on the bathroom - yes, we actually worked! - we watched the DVD of the British public television reality/living-history show 1900 House. At $30.99, it’s expensive for one DVD, but I figured as a resident of a bit-past-1900 house, we needed to see it.
Turns out the DVD […]
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under History, Family | 7 Comments
As a Father’s Day gift for my dad, I spent weekend before last wrangling the information I’ve gathered about our family for the past few years into what I hoped would be a cohesive, easy-to-view family tree.
I found a large parchment-like family tree template with room for up to nine generations of names, dates […]
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under Tours, History | 1 Comment
Before and after pictures are in short supply this week, so I’ll post this photo I took on Friday afternoon of the Jemison-Van de Graaff Mansion, a Tuscaloosa landmark.
I just love houses with cupolas, don’t you?
Remember in grade school when you’d play MASCH? You’d draw a square with the letters MASCH above it, and […]
Friday, January 19th, 2007
posted by Kristin | filed under History, Commentary | 2 Comments
I have a new favorite show (along with Ugly Betty and The Office): What the Victorians Did for Us. It’s a British show that airs on History International, and it’s a cheeky (literally … on the most recent episode, the host Adam Hart-Davis ended the show naked, enjoying a bicycle-powered shower) look at the Victorian […]
