Victorian Music & Modern times

I love music, and wonder why it’s taken me so long to do a post (or whatever) on it. I was watching Disney’s Mickey and the Beanstalk a couple days ago, and in it Donald and Goofy are singing about how they’re going to eat and eat until they die (they’re starving peasants). Disney was [...]

Women & Music

Thought I’d continue with my theme on music. It’s an important part of daily life, then and now. How often do you turn on the radio, pop in a CD, or hum your favorite theme song? OK, maybe not that last, but sometimes those things get trapped in your head and then you’re stuck for [...]

Music

The ‘Victorian Era’ is so long and encompasses so much, that it’s nearly impossible to pick a trend or place or tune or much of anything. So I found a few sites on it, one really great one from the British Library. Or this one. This one is great (you need ActiveX to listen) Victorian [...]

BELLEVUE HOUSE

Periodically, we scandalous Victorians discuss architecture. Here is a link to an excellent website that covers the subject (complete with pictures!)
On a recent trip to Kingston, Ontario, I visited Bellevue House. This home was built in 1841 by a leading merchant in the area. Fortunately for us, the home was rented in 1848 by [...]

author interview

Since we’ve been at this a while now–a year and a half give or take a few months–we’ve decided it’s past time to give the Scandalous Victorians proper introductions. For the next 12 months, we’ll be posting an interview the first Friday of every month featuring one of us.
The first to be drafted is one [...]

It was a what…?

I’ve been trying to think of a new blog topic, but couldn’t think of anything fun. That’s actually a problem this week, thinking, but I’ve a week before my vacation and tons to do, a new story that need attention right now, and that ever-present work.
But then I thought of one. Trivia. It’s fun, interactive, [...]