In Episode 35, Eula passes down kitchen advice to her new daughter-in-law and finally gets the news she’s been waiting for. At the beginning of Friendship Album, 1933, each of …
Notes: Friendship Album, 1933: Episode 34
In this episode, Emmeline receives an unexpected offer while mulling over the latest news from Florence. Let’s talk about the The Farmer’s Wife! As someone who owns at least fifty …
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1930s Food, or the Ever-Popular Gingersnap
When I started writing Friendship Album, 1933, I anticipated doing a lot of research on quilts made during that period, but what’s surprised me is how much time I’ve spent …
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We Gather Together
July marks my book club’s sixteenth anniversary. Every month we gather in one of our homes, ostensibly to discuss a book, but also to chat, catch up, drink a glass …
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Eula Baker’s Blue Ribbon Chocolate Cake
What was it like to live in the 1930s? To keep a home, make quilts, raise children, work, and worry? Friendship Album, 1933, the book I’m currently writing and reading …
