Laura C. Rader

“History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt.”
Guy Vanderhaeghe,
Canadian novelist

BOOKS

SOS

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Overwhelmed: Bedazzled and Cluttered

I don’t use the word often: overwhelmed. Apparently, neither do many of us. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (which is the only one I will use since reading the marvelous The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams) it occurs only once in every one million words. Also, according to the OED, the adjective…
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Silent Spring

Rachel Carson wrote her masterpiece, Silent Spring, after receiving a letter in 1958 from her friend, describing the death of birds around her property in Massachusetts, resulting from the aerial spraying of DDT to kill mosquitoes. A decade ago, Elon Musk—who brought about the death of the little blue Twitter bird—argued with Larry Page over the pros…
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Cover Reveals Going Viral!

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Romance in Hatfield 1677

Happy Valentine’s Day! One of the most enduring myths regarding the Puritans of 17th century New England is that they were asexual both in and out of marriage. The confusion stems from their religious beliefs and doctrines regarding sexuality. Within marriage, sex was highly encouraged as a means of procreation, and also as a desirable…
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Amy Belding Brown’s Post about Turners Falls Massacre

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