The fat will melt once you stick to eating healthy. The muscles will grow once you start lifting weights. The ideas will come once you take a daily walk. Your sleep will get better once you start getting morning sunlight.

Still in great condition 170 years after it was worn, Charlotte Bronte's Wedding bonnet:

Lover's Eye oval shaped frame set with 20 small pearls. Blue iris. Close up of face. Two diamond 'tears'. Early 19th century. England. Victoria & Albert Museum.

J. R. R. Tolkien's calligraphy was otherworldly. Below is his letter from Aragorn to Sam Gamgee, in which the King of Gondor informs the hobbit of his future visit. This handwritten letter, penned in Elvish Sindarin Tengwar, was created as an epilogue to The Lord of the Rings.🧵

The #HouseofWorth are living for Lavendar, c.1862-5. #Frockingfabulous #Fashionhistory via the Met.

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A simple 12th Century AD, Norman church in a remote village of Kempley, Gloucestershire, has the oldest timber roof of any building in England. #archaeohistories

The Belle of Belgrave Square is on sale for $1.99 from Aug 30 – Sept 5l! Inspired by Victorian sensation novels, it features bookish beauty Julia Wychwood and her unlikely hero, the beastly (and possibly villainous) Captain Jasper Blunt. 💙📖 penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675740/t…

Summer dress, 1830. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Let’s have a #frockingfabulous old favourite! This is a peacock mood from top to toe... those colours! C.1880s, via the John Bright Collection. #fashionhistory

Fun fact: this is the card rack for a Jacquard loom. Patented in 1804, these incredible machines used the holes in the cards to weave intricate patterns automatically, more than 124 years before IBM would begin using punch card computers!

it’s period drama season

Hard not to smile back at actress/opera singer Louise Jacquet, as she looks up at us engagingly from reading an admiring letter, in this exceptional pastel portrait by Jean-Étienne Liotard (c 1750). Check out the fine detailing on her clothes, too

Truth Streams Eternal Season One Episode 7: Interview With Author Janell... youtu.be/Tfp8sT23Ja0?si… via YouTube I had a blast chatting with podcasters (and amazing authors!) April Gardner and Virginia Grandfield about The First Daughter: Eve's Story with Guideposts Fiction!

✨GIVEAWAY✨ The post you’ve all been waiting for! How to enter? Go to my bio, click on the first Llnktree tab, and upload your receipt for QtN. That’s it! (I’ll also post in the comments.) Runs till Friday Sept. 20th at noon. I hope you get a lovely new book! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

But of course, I will be cheering on The Pack tonight!

Ever wondered what it was like to be part of a Bluestocking Salon in the 18th century? 🌿 Intellectuals, witty conversations, & the original ‘girl power’ movement! Discover the trailblazing women who dared to be different. tinyurl.com/3m32nkcf

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I have one last holdover from the Kindle Deals. PROVIDENCE is still hanging on at $1.99 in eBook. Maybe Amazon forgot. #BiblicalFiction #HistoricalFiction #strongwomen #KindleDeal amazon.com/Providence-Han…