Sex Appeal and Phallic Follies in Jane Austen’s Persuasion
My favorite Jane Austen novel is always the one I’m reading at the time, but Persuasion has a special place …
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Regency Week: A Miniature Almanac From Hamburg, 1816
It’s “Regency Week” on linnetmoss.com! As an English major reared on Austen, Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley, I’m used to …
Pure Bromance
My husband objects when I add peanut butter to chocolate fudge, but I say they are two great tastes that …
Giovanni Avanzi Chiaretto Garda Classico
This romantically-named Italian blend is called “wine of one night” (vino di una notte) because the peels remain in contact …
Naked Cake-Batter Diving: A New Olympic Sport?
“Do you remember In the Night Kitchen?” asked Lynn. “It came out around 1970, so most of us probably had …
Billy Preston: You Are So Beautiful
Sorry, Pete Best. Sorry, Stu Sutcliffe. Billy Preston is the real Fifth Beatle. Ever wonder who played the organ on …
Loot From The Treasure Caves
I am a bit gender-deviant in that I hate almost every kind of shopping. I will visit a mall only …
A Tipsy Rosé
Even as Winter looms, I persist in drinking rosés. It helps me believe that sometime in the not-too-distant future, I …
Linnet’s Centenary Celebration
Of a hundred posts, I hasten to add, not a hundred years. Ironically, I am going to cut back from …
I’ve Got It Covered, Dear
Yesterday I mentioned to my Darling Spouse that we needed to start thinking about Christmas shopping. He replied that I …
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