The second edition of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage has gone to press! I should be getting a proof soon and then copies will be available for sale later this month. It’s a reprint of the first edition (which went out of print earlier this summer). Many thanks to Nina Tovish for […]
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Recent Acquisitions: the LC Book Sale!
Every year the Library of Congress (where I work) holds a book sale. No, they don’t sell books from the collections ~ staff bring in books to donate and the sale proceeds go to help fund the CFC campaign, so it’s all for a good cause. I usually come across some good finds at this […]
Recent Write Ups
The previews for the off-Broadway show inspired by my book open this week (October 7th). Because of that, I’m starting to see a few more write-ups about the play and my book and site. Here’s a few from today: Jan Brady Doles Out Retro Dating Advice in Off-Broadway Play (has a nice mention of this […]
It’s Fun to Be a [Popular] Girl
Along with the rest of the nation, I’ve been watching and enjoying Glee. And as a card-carrying lifetime member of the band geek club, it’s been bringing up all those lovely memories of the popular kids vs. the geeks “battles” that went on ~ most of you probably had some experience, whatever side you were […]
Looking for Glove Etiquette or Info on the Sears Discovery Charm School?
With the site redesign, I had to completely redo how my old advice pages were displaying. They are now all blog posts. Two popular posts from the old site are now in new locations. If you are looking for glove etiquette, it’s here: https://www.missabigail.com/advice/beauty-and-charm/2010/08/glove-etiquette/ And the one on the Sears charm school is here: https://www.missabigail.com/news/2008/01/sears-discovery-charm-school-ring-any-bells/ […]
Welcome to the New and Improved MissAbigail.com
Hello Miss Abigail fans! Welcome to the new and improved version of MissAbigail.com, now hosted on WordPress. It was time to bring the site into the modern era of web publishing, so I’ve spent the last few months updating and refreshing the content you see here. Miss Abigail 2.0 is easier for me to update, […]
Miss Abigail ~ the play ~ heads to NY!
Exciting news – a new play, which was inspired by my book, Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, is heading to New York in October! Read more about it on the producer’s blog. Co-written by Ken Davenport and Sarah Saltzberg, the play stars Eve Plumb as Miss Abigail and Manuel Herrera as her […]
Summertime Hints
Founded in 1868 by J. R. Watkins, the Watkins Company, as evidenced in their company history, was a pioneer in natural products to cure, clean, cook with, drink, and kill insects with. Elaine Allen, Director of Home Economics at the company, put together the 1941 book Watkins Household Hints which I perused this morning to find some random […]
How to Display the Flag
I’ve seen American flags hanging from bridges overhanging the highways. I’ve seen them attached to cars and motorcycles, whipping in the wind as the vehicles pass by. I’ve seen paper flags taped to windows and doors. I’ve never seen so many flags. But do we really remember how to treat them correctly? Here are a […]
Twelve Steps to Success in Public Speaking
I’ve been busy preparing for a talk I gave last week at the American Studies Association conference in Detroit. I was on a panel that discussed secondhand shops and thrift stores, and told all about purchasing books for this site. Since I spend more time behind the safety of the keyboard, I was a bit […]