Forest Idylls: Finding Hope Through Hardship
Jacinta Meredith
A hopeless romantic writing stories about finding light during dark times.
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Desmond Tutu
It gets darkest right before the dawn. But what about before then?
My stories are about finding your joy, your hope, before that light appears, when all seems lost. Because if you know how to look, there’s always an idyll in the darkest forest.
Dinner at 1800
Follow all my attempts to cook my way through various 19th century recipes, which requires more interpretation than one would think.
Gibson Girl Review
Do you have shelves of beautiful volumes over a century old just sitting on your bookshelf, waiting to be read? Follow the podcast I co-host to explore famous and forgotten novels.
Blog
Want to read about 19th century fashion? How about details about the Oregon Trail? Find pieces of encouragement during the hard parts of life? Check out my blog for all this and more!
Dinner at 1800: Peanut Nougat
What comes to mind when you think of nougats? Soft, chewy yumminess? So when I found a recipe that called for only two ingredients, I had to try it. I…
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On the Trail: Stop 8 – Platte River
So, I realize that the Platte River itself isn’t necessarily a trail stop (though families certainly would have camped along its banks for a good long while), but it is…
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19th Century Underclothing: 1820 – 1830
Technically, we are now out of the Regency era and not quite to the Victorian era. . . so I guess we just use the overarching Georgian era terminology? While…
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Forest Idylls 