A former curator of mine has been, for the past five years or so, researching a journal written by a woman named Sylvia Lewis Taylor. She began the journal at the age of fifteen, in 1801, and continued writing it until she was forty-six, in 1831. In the journal, she chronicles her life in Bristol, CT, and, later, Ohio. Alden has been transcribing the journal and researching Sylvia and her family, and has written a short article about it here at Common-Place.org. Taylor was particularly detailed in writing down the routine of her day, and there is a lot of information in the journal about her work with textiles - knitting, quilting, spinning, etc. (The journal remains unpublished but researchers can request a transcript, I believe.)

A very, very good rant about why the pick-and-choose method of looking at science just doesn't really fly.

Kung Fu Monkey

Found via Marn