I’m honored to share that my latest book, Delaware Keepers: Life at the Edge of the Sea, has been officially added to the Delaware Public Archives Research Room as part of the Archives’ 2026 Third Quarter Accessions. The book is now available to researchers, historians, genealogists, educators, and anyone interested in exploring Delaware’s rich coastal…
BRAIN EXPLOSION ALERT Working on a new Civil War book project and just discovered the maddening 19th-century practice of “cross-writing” – where people would turn their paper 90 degrees and write DIRECTLY OVER their existing text to save paper! My editor took one look at this diary page sample and quoted Lewis Carroll: “Cross writing…
Above: A Prime Hook cluster of mistletoe. Photo Kerry Wixsted/Flickr Each Delaware holiday season, from the late 1800s through the early 1900s, mistletoe sprigs would appear statewide in markets and fruit stands, ready to be hung for cheerful décor and stolen kisses. However, before holiday revelers could display these delicate sprigs, seasonal workers had to painstakingly harvest…
