Maggie and the Bishops 3/5

Maggie and the Bishops 2/5

Are you breathlessly awaiting Part 3? Please stay tuned.

Maggie and the Bishops 1/5

Margaret Benson was one of the first women to study at Oxford University, and the first woman to receive official permission to excavate in Egypt.

Her father was the Archbishop of Canterbury. This letter to her partner Janet Gourlay was written from the archbishop's palace in London, England, while Maggie was between archaeological digs.


More tomorrow!

Carlotta in Ottawa 5/5

That's the last page of the "Carlotta in Ottawa" episode. I'll share another story soon!

Source note: This episode is a shameless meld of phrasing from two sources--a book called Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett, and an article from the Ottawa Citizen (July 3, 1883). Both sources are in the public domain.

Carlotta in Ottawa 4/5

Disclaimer--don't try this at home! Hahaha. More tomorrow...

Carlotta in Ottawa 3/5

Ooooo! More tomorrow...

Carlotta in Ottawa 2/5

You'll never believe what happens next. But it's true! More tomorrow...

Carlotta in Ottawa 1/5

Please stay tuned. More tomorrow!

Maggie and the Sheep

I came across this anecdote in a book about the Egyptologist Margaret Benson. It's a morsel from a letter she wrote to her mother in 1892. Nothing dramatic--just a little something to help start your day. Like a timbit.*



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* that's donut hole to you non-Canadians
** Bring Your Own Coffee

Carlotta and the Forest Fire

Here she is again! Welcome to another of Lady Carlotta's true adventures. I loved working on this, but I would just like to say that smoke is not easy to paint. . .

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Trebizond Partridge Seller

I'm working on the next episode of Lady Carlotta, but in the meantime here's another little sequence for you. I came across this bit of text by accident, and couldn't resist doing some pictures for it.

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