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
Mrs Finnegan has a Word for it
Mrs Finnegan performs an important public service by compiling a list of insults hurled on the back streets of Brighton. She also shares (with reservations) a recipe for homemade wine.
Mrs Finnegan Discovers 23 Ways Not To Die
If you want to stay safe, follow the advice Mrs Finnegan has quarried from centuries of folklore and young wives’ tale
Mrs Finnegan is Blown Away by Stormy Weather and her Own Verse (which is much Worse)
Are you troubled by wind?The rain has lashed Brunswick Square* in recent days and the gales that followed tore tears from the eyes of young girls and DRIED the pavements … Continue reading
Mrs Finnegan is Stumped
Mrs Finnegan has a blockage and hopes devoted readers can help – especially writers and drafters of binding contracts.
A Title! A Title! Mrs Finnegan is Quite Overcome
You will no DOUBT, dear reader, recall that some weeks ago I asked you to suggest a title for my forthcoming book. There were THREE choices: (A) A Housekeeper’s Homely … Continue reading
Short Announcement from MRS FINNEGAN
An opportunity to meet Mrs Finnegan in person with special information for those travelling from North America.
