The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in guest post on Mar 27th, 2013
From time to time, the Damsel receives requests to guest post at the Old School. Substitute teaching, so to speak. She must admit that most of the requests don’t fit in with the curriculum and she sadly has to take a pass. However, this one caught her eye. Could it be because the photo features [...]
Posted in guest post on Dec 6th, 2012
The Damsel is pleased to have a writing buddy as a substitute teacher today: Christy Monson. Not only is she a brilliant writer, but she makes darn good English toffee–an old school Christmas treat indeed. Now, some people think this stuff is tricky to make. Follow these instructions, and you’ll be a pro in no [...]
Posted in guest post, old fashioned, Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2012
Class: welcome substitute teacher Cassie Aimes. Enjoy the British spellings! The Damsel decided not to edit them because, well, they look awesome. Good Old-Fashioned Beauty Remedies As being frugal becomes the new cool, many more people are going back to the good old fashioned ways of doing everything. Ingredients such as baking soda, white vinegar [...]
Posted in guest post on Feb 8th, 2012
Students: please welcome guest blogger/substitute teacher Lisa M. When I was a kid we didn’t have themed birthday parties, we just had–well, birthday parties. The birthday was the theme. These days there are pre-packaged party themes for everything from cartoon characters to movies. If this all seems like a little much to you, here are [...]
Posted in cleaning, guest post, Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2011
Today, the Damsel would like to introduce her old friend, Nathan Wright, as today’s substitute teacher/guest poster. Take it away, Nathan! One Saturday the chore of washing dishes fell to me. It seemed to this nine-year-old the dirty dishes were especially piled up whenever my turn came around, and I was certain my older siblings [...]
Posted in guest post on Jul 8th, 2011
The Damsel is blabbing today over at Mormon Mommy Blogs, with just a short essay on resentment. She promises not to resent it if you pop over to read.
Posted in guest post on May 24th, 2011
The Damsel is guest posting today at Mormon Mommy blogs on Spring Cleaning. Which she is not doing. Yet. Still, there’s time. Right? Please say yes.
Posted in guest post on May 18th, 2011
The Damsel is guest posting at Mormon Mommy Blogs today, where the discussion continues about dishwashing good knives. Check the comments section. Should you put good knives in the dishwasher? Will there ever be peace on Earth?
Posted in guest post on Apr 21st, 2011
Find the Damsel here today: Housewife Macgyver…thanks for the opportunity, Lu! The Damsel loves being lumped in with Macgyver. No one rocks a mullet like he does.
Posted in guest post on Feb 18th, 2011
The Damsel’s good friend is launching a new blog, and offers this post as a sample of the goodness you’ll find at The Tacit Sage of Alkali Flats. Hope you enjoy! The sage appreciates the fact that with anything – anything – there’s a lesson. Take his mother’s whole-wheat bread for instance. Unfortunately, the sage [...]
