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I have recently finished my first manuscript and I am taking steps to get it published. Follow my trials, tribulations and (hopefully) triumphs on http://keripeardon.wordpress.com/.

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Old-Fashioned Baby Names: Are you looking for an unusual name for a baby, but don't want to follow the current trends? Why not look to the past for names? Some of the names listed be...; Updated 221 days ago | Old-Fashioned Baby Names › american baby names
10 Tips to Look More Medieval: Are you a medieval re-enactor who wants to get beyond basics? Are you ready to test your sewing skills? Are you ready to spend a little cash? Do you want to...; Updated 230 days ago | 10 Tips to Look More Medieval › about medieval clothing
The Black Death: This is an article that I wrote for a history magazine for homeschooled middle and high school students. It contains a brief overview of what the Black Deat...; Updated 238 days ago | The Black Death › 14th century
Medieval Dress for the Casual Re-Enactor: I am a medieval re-enactor. This page contains information on making a reasonable attempt at medieval clothing. I originally used some of this information t...; Updated 232 days ago | Medieval Clothing › boys medieval clothing
Tips on “Farmville” (A Facebook Game Application): Are you looking to achieve maximum profits in minimum time on Farmville? Here is a listing of the best things to plant/tend to make maximum money. Please n...; Updated 238 days ago | Farmville › best things to plant on farvmville
Rebellious Flapper Fashion: This article examines how fashion and politics were intertwined in the 1920's, and how the flapper was the first in a long line of defiant women trying to c...; Updated 252 days ago | Flapper Fashion › 1920
7 Tips for 1940’s Glamour: I have been in love with the hair and makeup from the 1940's for as long as I can remember. I was just a kid when I watched Vivien Leigh play Scarlett O'Har...; Updated 237 days ago | 7 Tips for 1940’s Glamour › 1940's hair
Modern Costume Patterns for Medieval Clothing: Here is a list of costume patterns that will make reasonably good-looking medieval clothing. I haven't tried making most this stuff up, but have found that Butterick,...; Updated 238 days ago | Medieval Patterns › butterick
The Story of Griselda: The Story of Griselda was extremely popular in the middle ages. Everyone knew it, just as modern people know the story of Cinderella or Snow White. I includ...; Updated 238 days ago | The Story of Griselda › characters in story of griselda
Medieval Children: There is a lot of misinformation about children in the middle ages, some of which is bandied about by seemingly-reputable books, which should know better. This...; Updated 238 days ago | Medieval Children › child bride
Hand-Stitched Eyelets: This is a text I use to teach eyelet-making at re-enactments. The information for making hand-stitched eyelets is especially useful to historic re-enactors,...; Updated 238 days ago | Hand-Stitched Eyelets › costume
Vampires - An Urban Legend of the Middle Ages?: When I was writing my senior history thesis, my advisor asked me how widespread the belief in vampires was. Who all believed in it? Did they actually believe...; Updated 238 days ago | Vampires › urban legends
Medieval Prayers: In the middle ages, prayer was not only an everday occurence, but time was actually measured by the monastic prayer cycle. Today, however, even when we find...; Updated 251 days ago | Medieval Prayers › catholic
Horsekeeping for Beginners: When my husband and I set out to get our first horse, there was surprisingly little information on the web, it seemed, geared towards beginners and normal p...; Updated 239 days ago | Basic Horsekeeping › draft
Sins and Virtues: This list of sins and virtues comes from the 14th century book, "The Goodman of Paris," and reflects the medieval view on sins and virtues (although, for th...; Updated 238 days ago | Sins and Virtues › avarice
The Plague: This is material from a lecture that I give in my re-enactment organization. Part I focuses on the myriad of elements that came together to make the Plague...; Updated 238 days ago | The Plague
All Things Gruesome: Torture: This is part of a series of articles I published for the newsletter of my medieval re-enactment group. As the title implies, the content is gruesome to modern...; Updated 314 days ago | All Things Gruesome › medieval torture
How to Achieve Higher Squidoo Rank: Admit it: you've become obsessed with raising your Squidoo rank. You see those numbers in your dashboard and you want to make them even better. But how? Wh...; Updated 237 days ago | How to Achieve Better Squidoo Rank › lens
Medieval Medicine Reemerges: One thing that people accept as fact about the middle ages was that medical technology was, well, pretty much non-existent. Medical practices were crude and,...; Updated 236 days ago | Medieval Medicine Reemerges › bloodletting
The Iconography of Medieval Saints: Before the advent of the printing press, most people could not read. Even the wealthy were oftentimes not literate. In the case of the English, if they coul...; Updated 235 days ago | Iconography of Medieval Saints › joseph of arimathea

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cdevries Apr 13, 2011 @ 1:03 pm | delete

Some fascinating stuff here!

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ChrisDay Dec 20, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete

Here's wishing you a great Christmastime and a happy, healthy and fulfilling New Year 2011.

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ChrisDay Dec 20, 2010 @ 12:51 pm | delete

A really fascinating and informative bunch of lenses and representative of a lot of hard work. Well done & thanks!

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Hey there! Your lenses are refreshing and really different from the rest of the bunch at Squidoo. Keep up the awesome work!

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