Tag Archives: Victoriana

In Which our Heroines Venture into a Music Hall, and Ponder History

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Marion

After we watched the Dunbridge Shakespeare Educational Society, we stopped by Mr Charles Dickens’s house, where the ladies of the house were preparing for a reading by the great man himself. Here are two Victorians studying their digital camera. We … Continue reading →

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Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Marion

In the Celtic tradition, October 31st is the end of the year, New Year’s Eve, basically.  It’s also the time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. El … Continue reading →

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Steampunk Dreams II

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Marion

Music!  Lillian and I met at Aroma roasters at a little after 10:30 am, and we saw a group of people, wearing red, carrying musical instruments out in the back parking lot.  We followed our curiosity out there and watched … Continue reading →

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Steampunk Dreams

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Marion

We walked up the railroad tracks to where the handcars were parked.  I said, “Steampunk is fun, but I don’t think the Victorians would have liked it.  They had a low tolerance for anarchy.”  “That’s the point,” Lillian said.  Sonoma … Continue reading →

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Clockwork Angel

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Marion

“And then comes the final test, the infallible touchstone of the seventh-rate: Ichor. It oozes out of severed tentacles, it beslimes tessellated pavements, bespatters bejeweled courtiers, and bores the bejesus out of everybody.” Ursula K. Le Guin, “From Elfland to … Continue reading →

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