Comments for History Gal

Comment on I Beg of You… Don’t Hate History by nathanalbright

nathanalbright — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:10:43 +0000

I happened to have good teachers of history when I was young, but I developed a love for history as a child through books and visiting battlefields and fortresses and other historical sights. Once we realize that the past is alive within us, we will study it and consider it important.

Comment on Life goes on… and so does History! by spongelike

spongelike — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:45:46 +0000

Good advice indeed. Reading outside your research area gets even harder to do while writing your dissertation. Sometimes I find myself so enmeshed in my Pacific world that it is hard to escape. I’ve been reading popular histories (and fantasy novels) to do so.

Comment on Life goes on… and so does History! by nathanalbright

nathanalbright — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:24:07 +0000

That’s a good technique to follow. I try to keep fresh with reading–right now I’ve been reading a lot about the history of water development in the West and music history, and pretty soon I’ll look at some more Civil War histories to keep things fresh. Reading broadly with regards to history also provides one with a great deal of context and keeps one’s perspective balanced.

Comment on WWII Rations: Baking a Pudding? by nathanalbright

nathanalbright — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:09:30 +0000

That’s very true–I must say, I don’t know very much about culinary history, though there are at least a few elements of it (biblical culinary history and civil war culinary history) that would hold at least potentially a great interest. Then again, military cuisine is probably to cuisine what military music is to music :-p.

Comment on WWII Rations: Baking a Pudding? by amandastiver

amandastiver — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:38:35 +0000

One of the perks of culinary history! I’ve always found it fascinating to know about the one thing everyone in history (except perhaps for hunger-strikers) has in common: food.

Comment on WWII Rations: Baking a Pudding? by nathanalbright

nathanalbright — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:32:37 +0000

I must admit, Amanda, I’m a bit envious. Your historical research is so much tastier than mine.

Comment on WWII: Fed Up on Feeble Rations by nathanalbright

nathanalbright — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:23:48 +0000

That’s a good mix of food and history–two subjects I am interested in. Thanks for the insightful and relevant book review.

Comment on English is Two Languages by Jenny H

Jenny H — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:43:12 +0000

Being in Australia – I forget and use these terms with some of my American friends when I write them. It’s good to have a bit of a list of “Oh yeah, these are words most of my friends wont know the meaning to”. I did not know of publican though…
I do get the occasional “what?” from my American friends…

Comment on Watching Storms from the Porch by Sara

Sara — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:29:18 +0000

Hi Amanda! Wonderful memories! When we built, we did put on a front porch that’s deep and goes the full length of the front of the house!! We have a porch swing and a couple adirondack chairs there, with more than enough room to bring out the card table and eat Sabbath breakfast there!! I LOVE front porches!!

Comment on Collecting History: Old Sayings by Jenny H

Jenny H — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:20:39 +0000

Many people here in Australia still say “two shakes of a lambs tail”. When I first heard it I had to ask them several times what they were saying and to repeat themselves. I finally got the hang of it (it’s one of my mother-in-laws favorite sayings). Although, like most Australians, usually they’ll shorten it and say “I’ll be with you in two shakes”.