It’s been a fantastic couple of weeks. Fort Dobbs is finally open and spectacular. The Museum of the American Revolution reprised their Occupation of Philadelphia event, so Elizabeth Weed and Thomas Nevel returned to amuse the public. Both places were an excellent chance to refine lower class and middle class 18th century characters. The servant at Dobbs was a Virginia […]
Read more "First Person Redefined"It’s been awhile. Kitty and I have been engaged in long discussions about time drag and what we want to do in the future. The amount of misogyny and prejudice in certain time periods is depressing. Guns are nice, but I’m having a hard time getting excited about recreating conflict and nothing else. Deckard’s rain coat is […]
Read more "High Life under the stairs"Mrs. Delaplace (her name is lost to history) is worried. Strange people appear from the woods and ask pointed questions about the fort. Ticonderoga was more “composed of decayed wood and earth” than a fortification in 1775. Fortunately, the stone barracks are serviceable. Captain Delaplace worked his 23-man guard hard. He acquired livestock, and made […]
Read more "A Perfect Day"Preserv’ed Tailor remembered his apron this past weekend. The Craven County militia captain appreciated his service and there were extra monies. Our hero used them to pay the laundresses to darn his stockings. To refine things further, a small box would be useful. Time to add shaving supplies, cleaning brushes &c. Interactions with the other men, […]
Read more "Pad Stitching"Back to Dobbs, where the ratio of women, children, and dogs to Provincial soldiers is just right for an 18th-century frontier fort. Sandbyland. Lovely Carolina weather: 80 degrees during the day, 30 at night. The site director kindly allowed his drunkenness to be a valet for two days, a chance to up the common soldier […]
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