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Living History/personal/Philosophy/Reenacting

Clear and Present Danger

Posted on October 24, 2017 by kittycalash

Scandal and outrage rock the reenacting world as reading comprehension lags and The Gentle Author is accused of presentism– or, at least, that’s the...

History/Living History/Museums/Philosophy/Reenacting

Same Place, Different Day

Posted on January 17, 2015 by kittycalash

We were doing some preliminary planning for an event this fall, and we were considering recreating the 1803 funeral of Important White Guy. Our event is in Octo...

Art Rant

Holy time piece, Batman!

Posted on April 27, 2013 by kittycalash

We had some fun with this at work on Thursday. The slightly awful truth is that these catalogs and publications for the super-rich and fabulously fat-walleted a...