‘In Good Season’ Archives
Victorian Parlor Game: Cupid’s Wheel of Fortune
Cupid's Wheel of Fortune is my adaptation of an early 20th century parlor game of the same name. Print and Make Cupid Game (PDF, 361KB)
On the Month of February
Source: Demorest's Monthly, February 1897 It seems strange that so dreary a month as February should ever have been graced with the charming myths which have gathered about St. Valentine's Day, and made its observance one of the relics of the fairy-land of love and dreams, which passed away when the shriek of the steam-whistle, and the click of [...]
Cora’s Valentine
By Edyth Kirkwood, as published in Peterson's Magazine, February 1884 "Ah! there you are at last, Cora. I was just going to send your breakfast up to you. Did you have a pleasant time, at the party, last night?" Cora drew up her chair, stirred her coffee sleepily, repressed a yawn, and replied, slowly: "It was a perfect crush. I got [...]
The Broken Hearted
I have seen the infant sinking down, like a stricken flower, to the grave—the strong man fiercely breathing out his soul upon the field of battle—the miserable convict standing upon the scaffold, with a deep curse quivering on his lips—I have viewed death in all his forms of darkness and vengeance with a tearless eye,—but I never could [...]
My Valentine Tree
I've transformed my white Christmas tree into a Victorian Valentine tree, with glitter-encrusted copies of antique Victorian Valentine postcards.
Valentine’s Day 2010
I took a little break after Christmas, I hope that you've had a splendid holiday and that 2010 has been treating you kindly thus far. I'm in the midst of excavating some of the old Victorian Valentine's Day content that had been on this site before the "Mid-Web Crisis" of last January. Look for these gems from the past to be posted in the days [...]
