Mrs Finnegan has been UNWELL. Did You Notice?
ALAS! I have not been able to pick up my quill for some weeks. Have I been missed?(If the answer is no, may I remind you that good manners do … Continue reading
Blackmail and Butlers – do the Two go Together? Mrs Finnegan Ponders in the Light of New Information
THERE ARE ONLY two things in this world that I hate and one is intolerance and the other is butlers. I endeavour to see the good in all men, but … Continue reading
No One Likes Hairy Syrup – Wise Words from Mrs Finnegan, Housekeeper & Lady Authoress
Mrs Finnegan finds being a lady authoress exhausting, but is finally back where she belongs – with you. This week she reveals how to make rose hip syrup and the PROPER care of a literary masterpiece
Good News and Bad News from Mrs Finnegan
What do you want first? I don’t need to ask: you are a staunch, sensible body of readers – very similar to myself – able to LOOK calamity in the … Continue reading
You Wait and Wait and Wait then suddenly Mrs Finnegan has an ANNOUNCEMENT
Glorious news! My PRECIOUS manuscript is SAFE in the hands of the printer who has already created a cover of exceptional beauty.It was dropped into my lap by a special … Continue reading
Joy be Unbounded! Mrs Finnegan’s Book is on its Way to the Printer
Dear, Delighted, Devoted Readers did you think this day would never come? I confess that there were moments when I myself DOUBTED if my small enterprise would ever reach fruition. … Continue reading
What Mrs Finnegan Discovered Rummaging in the Master’s Drawers
Late spring is the time for tackling those domestic duties you have been putting off which is why myself and a parlour maid peered into the forbidding CACOPHONY that is … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan and the New Butler get “acquainted”
In my last missive, I mentioned – in passing – that the new butler had arrived. Mr Cubbage. Many have written asking what happened at our introduction. I DON’T know … Continue reading
Sometimes Mrs Finnegan WISHES she wasn’t a housekeeper
Housework – usually performed by women – is the work that it is not noticed until it hasn’t be done. I suspect that NO ONE in the history of time … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan is on the Cusp of Change
The Regency Town House Housekeeper has a spring in her step and a GLINT in her eye. I am NOT a woman easily flustered. Indeed my husband has often remarked … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan Encounters a Rocky Place and Requires URGENT Assistance
You will want to know how The Book is progressing. Many tell me it is their first thought upon awakening in the morning and their last gauze-like reflection as they … Continue reading
I Can So I Will
Mrs Finnegan Faces Tomorrow with a New Pot of Ink Dear friends, readers, fellow housekeepers, staff members, wayfarers and casual acquaintances My book burnt to a crisp on the VERY … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan: Why I have been Silent for So Long
The Regency Housekeeper reveals the tragic reason why she has been unable to write since the New Year. But first a recipe for lard face cream…
Mrs Finnegan Looks Back with Regret and Prepares for the Future with a Flicker of Hope
Well, how was your Christmas? If it was something of a disappointment let me put a SMILE on your face by drawing attention to the year I was invited to … Continue reading
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