Becky FifieldJan 5, 20162 minApple of My Eye: Lead Pesticide Use in 1920s OrchardsOrchard workers at Mt. Pleasant Orchard, near Havre de Grace, Maryland, c. 1915. Over the Christmas holiday, I unearthed a small journal...
Becky FifieldDec 5, 20151 minWanderlust Fodder: Atlas Obscura’s Interactive Map of Roadtrips in American LiteratureMr. I sent me a link recently to Atlas Obscura’s “The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature’s Most Epic Road Trips.” It is...
Becky FifieldDec 10, 20132 minFighting Writing: Musings on the Recalcitrant PenDoes a battle assume there has been a victory? Writing has a threshold that must be crossed, marking the departure from everyday life and...
Becky FifieldAug 29, 20132 minCatering to Clients in an 18th Century Philadelphia ShopI spent July at a Research Fellowship at Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden. This mainly meant identifying manuscripts and object...