Crafts and Life

The mid-20th century was an amazing time for American women’s fashion! Following the war, women started looking to American designers rather than French couture houses for inspiration and to demand clothing they could move in, even play in. In this follow-up to Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing, Gretchen “Gertie”…

It’s almost May, and some of the local ladies have organized a pagan celebration in the woods to welcome spring. But the evening goes terribly wrong when one of the attendees winds up dead, apparently poisoned by an herbal concoction prepared by Lucky’s grandfather, Jack. Lucky’s sure her grandfather could…

Butter 170 g (170 g) Cheese 310 g (180 g) Cooking fat 100 g (100 g) Milk 2 litres (2000 ml) (not tracking this as I use 250 mls a day for my Yokebe which is making sure I get sufficient calories and plenty of calcium!) Sugar 225 g (225 g) Preserves 450 g (450 g)…

Mortuary cosmetologist Callie Parrish and her friend take off for a bluegrass festival on Surcie Island. But when a fiddler turns up dead, Callie has no choice but to take center stage in the investigation. Callie and her friend Jane have headed to an inaugural Bluegrass Festival on Surcie Island…

Butter 170 g (170 g) Cheese 310 g (180 g) Cooking fat 100 g (100 g) Milk 2 litres (2000 ml) (not tracking this as I use 250 mls a day for my Yokebe which is making sure I get sufficient calories and plenty of calcium!) Sugar 225 g (225 g) Preserves 450 g (450 g)…

During her return to Spain with her father, the lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva is horrified when their ship is set upon by pirates. Far worse is her discovery that their captor isn't just any pirate — he is the notorious Sir Nicholas Beauvallet, an Englishman with a…

Butter 170 g (170 g) Cheese 310 g (230 g) Cooking fat 100 g (100 g) Milk 2 litres (2000 ml) (not tracking this as I use 250 mls a day for my Yokebe which is making sure I get sufficient calories and plenty of calcium!) Sugar 225 g (225 g) Preserves 450 g (450 g)…

When Edwina “Sully” Sullivan’s life imploded, she left behind her job on the police force and her unfaithful husband to start a new life as the general manager of her hometown theater, the Cliffside Theater Company. For five years, she focused on budgets instead of crimes and kept the Cliffside…