Off To - Philadelphia's Elfreth's Alley

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Tucked into downtown Philadlephia is probably the oldest street of 18th & early 19th century homes of craftsmen & artisans surviving in America. Just published photos & a brief history of Elfreth's Alley on the It Is About Time blog. Please join us there for a tour.

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The Shakers Mother Ann Lee (1736-1784)

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Just posted on Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker community in the United States, on the It's About Time blog. The post includes a poem published in her honor this year. Please join us there.
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18th-Century Paste Jewelry -- All That Glitters

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I have just posted on 18th-century paste jewelry on my blog It's About Time. Please come take a look.




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Fashion - 18th-Century Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

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1798 William Clarke. Mrs William Frazer of Delaware.


I have just posted some photographs of 18th-century ladies shoes on my blog It's About Time. Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I.
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Off To - Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Town

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Just added the story of Philadelphia's Historic RittenhouseTown on the It's About Time blog using 21st-century photos of the 7 surviving 18th-century buildings. Come take a tour of this Pennsylvania German paper mill town.

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Off To - Philadelphia's Schuylkill River & Fairmont Park

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1730 John Bartram's House

If you are interested in 21st-century photos of 18th-century homes around the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, please go to the It's About Time blog.

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Off To - 18th-Century America

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1780 Blacksmith Simon Wickes' House, Chestertown, Maryland

On my blog It's About Time, I am trying to take little photographic day-trips to pockets of 18th-century architecture & culture preserved in America today.

So far we have visited:

Old Salem in North Carolina,

Colonial Kitchens,

Historic Annapolis in Maryland, &

Old Town Alexandria in Virginia.

Our newest junket is to Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Chestertown was a bustling seaport town in the 18th century. Please come along to historic Chestertown. 1769 Thomas Smythe's Widehall. Chestertown, Maryland
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Colonial Kitchens, Gingerbread, and Old Salem

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Old Salem's Moravian Gingerbread

Just posted a a tour of Colonial Kitchens and of the buildings at Old Salem, a mid-18th century Moravian village in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on my It's About Time Blog. Also posted the Moravian Gingerbread recipe.

The Moravians were featured on this blog in the story of arist Johann Valentin Haidt. Please come visit the other blog for modern depictions of the restoration.

The Single Brothers House, 1769, Old Salem, North Carolina.

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Created a New Blog

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I have been writing 4 blogs about gardens, women, art, & egos in early America for a while now.

I am often tempted to squeeze in a little editorial comment here & there; but so far, I have been unusually restrained.

However, I have now decided to resist temptation no longer and to share some more intimate visions of simple truths & everyday beauty in this personal blog.

If you are interested in visiting it is called It's About Time. Come on over & take a look...
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