This book cover has been giving me fits for months. Today I jigsawed some things together ...

I have an interest in the history of the royal families of Europe, as you know, so when I ...

My friend asked me to transcribe a newspaper article for her about John Wilkes Booth's per ...

Originally I was going to write a blog about how to cope with Valentine's Day nonsense if ...

This dress is so fabulous that it needs its own feature in my dressgasm blogs. Just look a ...

A lot of people have been asking me questions about the nature of death and the process of ...

I have found a use for Pinterest besides reposting snarky commentary on relationships. Sev ...

So, I'm turning 30 tomorrow.  Actually, since I run on Paris time (LOL), it's past midnigh ...

I call this one, "Get a free weekend on 1858 match.com today!"   ...

I call this one, "Don't make me send my bees after you."   ...

I feel like celebrating. It's like working for years and finally seeing some results. M ...

I call this one, "Don't hate me because I'm in color."   ...

On a cold January day in 1793, a middle-aged man, dressed in none of his former splendor, ...

I call this one, "My ankle brings all the boys to the yard."   ...

I call this one, "I look like a child bride but my new husband will soon turn up dead. The ...

I have, literally, a few thousand images saved on my computer from the 19th century into t ...

Do you have friggatriskaidekaphobia? That's the fear of Friday the 13th. Frigga is the Nor ...

I noticed a new review turned up on Amazon for my book, Unveiled: Fanny Chamberlain Reinca ...

As some of you know, I have been working to gain a clearer perception of true communicatio ...

I saw this cartoon on Facebook today. This is how I see myself, although sometimes my alte ...

I'm writing from bed, so forgive me if there are any mistakes. Sometimes I wonder if I'm ...

I'm going to stick my neck out there and share some private, painful things because I beli ...

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This article prompted a discussion on my Facebook account today: http://news.change.org/st ...

It seems Yoko Ono has released a to-do list written by John Lennon. The list, written in i ...

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Today marks the 148th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address given by Abraham Lincoln. The ...

My original plan was to do this blog as a video, but after three takes, I decided against ...

Just as with Jewelle St. James' first book, All You Need Is Love (read that review here), ...

With the revolution of e-readers and self-publishing becoming accessible to everyone, the ...

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Not long ago, I asked my readers if they had ever had ghostly encounters on battlefiel ...

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I'm new to the world of video blogging but I thought I'd give it a try. Here is my first v ...

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>Samhain is probably one of those holidays that most people don't even realize is vastly P ...

>Something a little eerie happened to me last night. I had a dream about being in Paris la ...

>Samhain is probably one of those holidays that most people don't even realize is vastly P ...

>Samhain is probably one of those holidays that most people don't even realize is vastly P ...

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>October 31 -- Samhain EveAlso known as: November Eve, Feast of the Dead, Feast of Apples, ...

>I tuned into Anderson today and found the topic was about fraudulent psychics taking adva ...

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>I volunteer for an endangered plantation called Red Doe in Florence, South Carolina, (see ...

>As most of you know by now, I was a child medium. Working with spirits, energy flow, etc. ...

>These are technically Pagan recipes but they really could be enjoyed by anyone. We eat th ...

>These are technically Pagan recipes but they really could be enjoyed by anyone. We eat (w ...

>These are technically Pagan recipes but they really could be enjoyed by anyone. We eat th ...

>I don't know how to approach this review. I just don't know.Long Island Medium is a new s ...

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>This is my 200th blog. At 100,000 click to date, I'm so grateful to be here and to have p ...

>I have been having fantasies about this soup since I saw the blog post last night, as if ...

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>This is one of the most common questions I get asked, whether there is sex in the afterli ...

>Last night I was looking at my calendar about a foot away from me when I saw a figure wal ...

>I had an entirely different blog written and scheduled to post today. Now I just don't kn ...

>I had to share this review of my book, Unveiled: Fanny Chamberlain Reincarnated, that was ...

>It took me forever to finally get around to it but I finished reading Paranormal State: M ...

>Are you going to be in South Carolina between December 2 and 4? I will be volunteering at ...

>I haven't really been talking about my activities as a medium of late. Sometimes I find i ...

>A friend of mine saw these pictures on a Lincoln assassination forum. This piece of cloth ...

I have been working very hard to complete two novels simultaneously in order to release th ...

>Since news broke that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided to move into Kensing ...

>I know there are a lot of you out there who are in the military or veterans of the milita ...

>Well, folks, it's that time again. The 2012 cruise has been announced with a change up in ...

>I just saw a picture of Nellie and Chuck from the Kelton House in Columbus, Ohio, at the ...

>These photos are new to me. I haven't seen them before even though I'm sure they're not s ...

>I'm very excited about this! My friend, Sissy, posted the picture on the left on my Faceb ...

>My friend, Codie, sent me a clip from an old 1956 game show called I've Got a Secret in w ...

>Yesterday my home health aide was telling me about how she never has any scrubs that look ...

>The president of the Civil War Trust (formerly the Civil War Preservation Trust), Jim Lig ...

>Have you ever seen an author become a fangirl? Now you have ......... ...

>If you missed the 150th anniversary reenactment of the battle of Manassas/Bull Run last w ...

>Ladies, I give you Leopold George Christian Frederick, King of the Belgians. He was Queen ...

>To my friends, I love you forever. To my haters, I hope someone loves you because you sur ...

>The most common thing people ask me when they're trying to decide on which type of readin ...

>Remember watching the royal wedding in your pajamas on April 29? Well, now you can get up ...

>The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 on the left looked like any other aircraft found in the ski ...

>I like to collect old recipes prior to 1900. I'm talking like 1600s-1800s. Old cooking ba ...

>A rockin' Victorian party.Today I discovered an awesome blog called American Duchess: His ...

>So, here we are. Another day, another commonly asked question about my reincarnation case ...

>Sometimes I get some really interesting email. I operate two websites, a Twitter page and ...

>I haven't done this in a while. I profile historical clothing that strikes my interest. T ...

>One of my readers asked me not long ago to discuss which authors inspired me to become an ...

>Some of my published work has been out there for several years and I have decided to disc ...

>Pass me a paper bag to breathe into, please!Late last week, I sent off the first act of m ...

>Students at the 1861 Athenaeum Girls' School.Last night I watched a documentary on PBS ca ...

>Today, the Dakota building in New York City is famous for being the last home where John ...

>One form of extra sensory perception that does not receive as much attention as others is ...

>Every person in the world carries a burden that makes them extraordinary.This is not abou ...

>Another important aspect of putting your best beauty foot forward is the process of bathi ...

>A great way to make yourself look younger and fresher is to learn to properly apply makeu ...

>Nothing says sexy more than a set of beautiful, soft, full lips. When your makeup is focu ...

>The eyes are the windows to the soul. What better feature on your face to highlight than ...

>The most important thing in maintaining your beauty and youth is taking proper care of yo ...

>Fanny Chamberlain in the Civil War.In my last blog, I posted Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain' ...

>On this day in 1864, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was shot through the pelvis while leadin ...

>A few years ago when I went to Gettysburg for the first time, I saw a folding board adver ...

>I promised I would post a snippet of my next novel, tentatively titled Fire on the Missis ...

>I spent this past weekend in Boston with my friends, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Bo ...

>The lady in the above portrait on the left is an unknown woman of the Tudor period but la ...

>This is the face of your ancestors. He's a young Civil War soldier. No matter what war yo ...

>People seemed to respond the best to my art in my last blog, so I thought I would show al ...

>Thanks to Donnie Wahlberg and Jonathan Knight, I have acquired a whole mess of new people ...

I wrote this blog with a fever of 101. Forgive me if some of it doesn't flow well. Truthfu ...

>Writers can sometimes be the worst procrastinators. Why do today what you can do tomorrow ...

>The most common grammar mistakes can sink an otherwise excellent manuscript with a potent ...

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>Go here to read the first lesson: http://jessicajewettonline.blogspot.com/2011/05/ho ...

>The greatest novels in the world didn't happen overnight. They were born through months a ...

>I seem to have started a fad several months ago when I downloaded the Ghost Radar app on ...

>Shameless self-promotion.I'm going to be on the radio tomorrow night again (4/19) at mid ...

>I have just returned home from seeing The Conspirator. Armed with my trusty bag of mini c ...

>I get funny looks sometimes when I tell people I'm a Civil War reenactor. Outsiders don't ...

>Today, coinciding with the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's death, Robert Redfo ...

>Today I heard from my friend who attended the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sum ...

>Today I got this press release from the Civil War Preservation Trust. I thought it was re ...

>I got this press release from the Civil War Preservation Trust yesterday. I adore Trace A ...

>Before you read this blog, you should read the first two blogs in order to have a full un ...

>On this day 150 years ago, Fort Sumter fell into Confederate hands. The Civil War began, ...

>With the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War upon us, I have been thinkin ...

>One of the biggest issues I have with doing past life readings for people is that they ca ...

>There is nothing sadder than an old plantation falling into decay and ruin. That is what' ...

>Today is the beginning of my fasting period as part of my Ostara celebration. For informa ...

>Article by Peg AloiTry this sometime with your children or a young niece, nephew or cousi ...

>Right now we are in the season of Imbolc, which is a sabbat usually celebrated in the fir ...

>As I announced before, I have made the decision to devote myself to the study of the Old ...

>When I posted this blog yesterday, I did not expect so many questions from my readers. In ...

>Not a bad looking guy to go out with, right? Too bad he's most famous for organizing the ...

>I have always struggled to define my spiritual position in a world where people try to fo ...

Credit goes to my friend, Gretchen, for posting this paragraph on Facebook today.The roots ...

>I originally published this novel a few years ago. It took me years to write it. A first ...

>Since my New York plans are likely to be switched to Boston (I'm frankly happier about go ...

>My grandmother hasn't had all of her crayons in her box for years, if you catch my drift. ...

>I had an interesting idea the other day when my friend Gretchen was helping me put my pos ...

>This photograph looks like any average American family on holiday in 1909. The patriarch ...

>If you are kind, people may accuse youOf selfish, ulterior motives;Be kind anyway.If you ...

>I feel a headache coming on. I need to vent. If you have no interest in my issues with my ...

>I saw my surgeon today and at one point I was having flashbacks to that scene in Forrest ...

>I think this dress is from the 1880s but I'm not that great with dating late nineteenth c ...

>Today is that unusual occurrence when the date is a straight shot of the same number. It' ...

>Bonsior, mes très chers amis!Here we are in the last dwindling hours of 2010. Most people ...

>As I said in my last blog, I have been studying painting of late to help me along in my n ...

>I have been studying painting of late to help me along in my new endeavor of mastering th ...

>It's more of a common story than you might think.A person has some sort of accident... or ...

>Do angels exist? This is a question I have grappled with for the entirety of my life. I'm ...

Oy. I'm having one of those, "Why do I even bother?" moments that so many people have ever ...

>Incidentally, this is my 100th blog.By happenstance, I came across a blog called Pine Gro ...

>I'm not feeling very keen on myself these days. It seems like I'm spending my days counti ...

>It's no secret in my life that the woman pictured on the left, Fanny Chamberlain, was me ...

>"I forgive you."They are three simple little words but I've begun to wonder, after watchi ...

>All of my childhood Christmases were filled with cookies from my grandmother. She brought ...

>I was a little girl kind of obsessed with Barbie. I watched the commercials and thought h ...

>A few years ago, I rewrote O Holy Night to be O Holy Shorts. The muse has moved me again, ...

>Jon girls seem to have very particular taste in men since we basically view ourselves as ...

>(This picture is a possible apparition of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Read this blog for ...

>Background information: For those unaware, I have been researching paranormal events, spe ...

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>One of my favorite things to do these days is turn off the lights, television, laptop and ...

>As things get worse in the world and people struggle to make ends meet, the prevailing qu ...

>I have really gotten into cooking lately. I would say the last several months have been m ...

>Two years ago today, I saw my first NKOTB show and met Jon for the time. I wrote this blo ...

>The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of ConductThat's what th ...

>There has been a lot of serious hatred, screaming fits, tears and tantrums first about th ...

>The supreme mother of the universe. She is loving, wise, courageous and sacrifices hersel ...

>Living in the Deep South gives me an interesting perspective on our cultural view of the ...

Admittedly, I don't know a lot about the Backstreet Boys since Kevin left the group, but i ...

>Yesterday I had a bad day, so I started tweeting funny things to make myself laugh. I did ...

> This is certainly something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime. After New Kids on th ...

In honor of Halloween beginning in about an hour, I thought I would turn this blog over to ...

>I shall soon be dressing for the social event of the season, a costume party to be held a ...

>The Law of Attraction is a practice of manifesting thought energy and intentions into rea ...

>One of the most common questions I get asked is why a person is having dreams about their ...

>Since winter is approaching, I thought I would discuss a piece of winter clothing from th ...

>Today is the day that I died in 1905.The picture to the left was me during the Civil War. ...

>I was told when I was about nine-years-old that I "walk between worlds". At the time, I h ...

>Her last words were, "Pardon me, sir. I meant not to do it."The girl born as the Archduch ...

>I have been an empath since birth. An empath has heightened keen perception of other peop ...

>Tomorrow is the ninth anniversary of the worst attack on America in our history. I have b ...

>Most people probably recognize Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, as the macabr ...

>Since I have to teach people methods of self-hypnosis and meditation, I decided to go thr ...

>Today's dressgasm is an interesting choice because I feel that it was originally a late 1 ...

>I haven't done a dressgasm in quite a while but I personally found this dress so stunning ...

>Back in April, I posted this blog about my day at the Shepherd Center where I was fitted ...

>IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of Ameri ...

>(I wrote this blog back in May 2008 and I think it's still relevant. I've edited it sligh ...

>When I was a little girl, I was painfully shy. I hated meeting new people because I was s ...

>In order to understand this blog, you must read Part I and Part II first, otherwise thing ...

>The impressive Georgian great house pictured here is known as Rose Hall, built in the eig ...

>Today's dressgasm struck me as so much like my own style of the period that I intend to r ...

>I have decided to try out an experiment that I call Write the Picture. A lot of you have ...

>Today's dressgasm is truly spectacular. Ordinarily, I am not that attracted to dresses of ...

>For the last year, I have been using a wheelchair that looks and feels like the engineeri ...

>Today's dressgasm was another eBay find from a few days ago.I found this dress rather int ...

>Today I was puttering around on Facebook as I tend to do when I have a day off from doing ...

>I am going to have to write this blog in the third person and detach myself emotionally f ...

>I haven't done a dressgasm in a while, so I thought it was high time I got back into it. ...

>Today, in honor of the 98th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, I'm lifting a blog ...

>(Note: the house on the left is not the plantation. It's just a spooky picture.)Last nigh ...

>Out of interest for the organization that owns the plantation, I can't name the place wit ...

>Who has seen that new show, Who Do You Think You Are? on NBC? It's probably my favorite t ...

>Do you have an interest in the paranormal? Have you ever had an experience with ghosts, r ...

>Some men do keep their promises, contrary to what everything in my life has taught me. Th ...

>During the spring, I used to teach different historical topics on Tuesdays and different ...

>Here is an excerpt from my current novel, Fire on the Mississippi (tentative title), whic ...

>Read this article on CNN.com before you read my blog: http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/ ...

>I have heard little rumblings here and there about this movie, The Young Victoria. I am u ...

>Today we have a rather festive dress for the dressgasm that looks like a candy cane to me ...

>Many of you are new here and have not had much exposure to the things I do. I thought I w ...

>Gingerbread did not always signify the holidays and cookies iced to look like jolly littl ...

>These miniature portraits above are of Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leice ...

>Their words, not mine!Last night, as we do every year in the week after Thanksgiving, my ...

>Today's dressgasm is epic by my standards. To the untrained eye, it looks like a typical ...

>Hi Jon!We wanted to say happy birthday to you in one place that was easy for you to reach ...

>I sometimes wonder ever year when I tell people about how the people of the nineteenth ce ...

>The Victorians were very frugal, yet creative people when it came to stretching their mon ...

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>I noticed last night that my blog crossed over the mark of one thousand views. That's ama ...

>This lovely ballgown on the left is today's dressgasm but it's not the whole dress, so I ...

>The truth about the first "Thanksgiving" in 1621 is actually a myth conjured, as much of ...

>Today's dressgasm is so stunning exclusively because of the unique design of the extended ...

>Donnie's party Friday night was so amazing and I got so lucky with the opportunity to see ...

>Last night I had planned to meet my friends at Life (the club) and have a good time with ...

>Have you ever heard that all fashion styles recycle themselves in time? Today's dressgasm ...

>This whopper of a dress on the left is the dressgasm of the day. It was sold on eBay a fe ...

>This could quite possibly be the most epic dressgasm I'll ever post. This sculpture of a ...

>I seem to have temporarily lost my muse. It's never permanent. It just seems to happen wh ...

>Today's dressgasm is not exceptional in its beauty or design but it is extremely unique i ...

>This impressive building on the left used to be owned by actor Nicholas Cage before he we ...

>Today's dressgasm of the day is a rare specimen from the later part of the 1860s. It's li ...

>Yesterday I made my case for proving that this handsome bearded fellow on the left is act ...

>Today's dressgasm of the day is a black silk taffeta dress from the mid-nineteenth centur ...

>The other day, I got my emails from eBay with new items in the categories that I regularl ...

>My knowledge of eighteenth century fashion is not as extensive as my knowledge of ninetee ...

>Today's dressgasm is this lovely rich, deep purple dress from the early 1860s. I know ver ...

>I tell people about themselves for a living. I use the term "spiritual intuitive" rather ...

>Today this peach colored ballgown from the McCord Museum in Canada is the dressgasm of th ...

>This was saved from my old blog in a post made in May 2009. A bunch of us were talking on ...

>This was saved from my old blog. I realize that not everybody is comfortable with asking ...

I saved this blog from my old blog. It was originally posted on July 28, 2009. I'll never ...

>Dressgasm (verb) - the physical, emotional and mental reaction a person has when an astou ...

>So Faithful a Heart: The Love Story of Nancy Storace and Wolfgang MozartBy K. Lynette Erw ...

>I pulled this blog from my old blog. It was originally posted on August 30, 2009.Not ever ...

Originally posted on August 28, 2009.I keep getting asked what it was like to be married i ...

>I used to be a livejournal blogger. I found it to be maddening at times because customizi ...