Comments on: Researching cherries for Shades of Milk and Honey http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/ The daily journal of a puppeteer and SF writer. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15142 Mary Robinette Kowal Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:06:48 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15142 Blown glass cherries are what I was imagining. I have some blown glass fruit from Venice and they are very light. Blown glass cherries are what I was imagining. I have some blown glass fruit from Venice and they are very light.

]]> By: Melissa Mead http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15133 Melissa Mead Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:13:34 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15133 I think the cherries in "Ruby and Ruthie" were blown glass. (Avast! I see me earlier posts have been shanghied! Arr!) I think the cherries in “Ruby and Ruthie” were blown glass.
(Avast! I see me earlier posts have been shanghied! Arr!)

]]> By: Tricia V http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15118 Tricia V Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:39:56 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15118 Seems like solid glass would be very heavy, but a plasterlike core painted red and then coated over with glass might work. I feel like I've seen broken ornamental cherries before, in a junk heap from a house up the street when someone died. Seems like solid glass would be very heavy, but a plasterlike core painted red and then coated over with glass might work. I feel like I’ve seen broken ornamental cherries before, in a junk heap from a house up the street when someone died.

]]> By: Melissa Mead http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15090 Melissa Mead Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:41:45 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15090 (Oh, and the story is supposed to have taken place in an earlier generation, and it's implied that the hat is older than Ruthy, so the time period might be right for your story.) (Oh, and the story is supposed to have taken place in an earlier generation, and it’s implied that the hat is older than Ruthy, so the time period might be right for your story.)

]]> By: Melissa Mead http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15089 Melissa Mead Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:39:45 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15089 You're welcome! I tried to find an online version of the book, but there wasn't one. The pub. date is 1892. I DID find out that, according to the author, a writer's life hasn't changed much: http://readseries.com/auth-oz/paull-bio.html You’re welcome!
I tried to find an online version of the book, but there wasn’t one. The pub. date is 1892.

I DID find out that, according to the author, a writer’s life hasn’t changed much:

http://readseries.com/auth-oz/paull-bio.html

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15084 Mary Robinette Kowal Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:12:54 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15084 MomK: I didn't think about wood. I considered papier-mache as a possible. Melissa: Ooo! Thank you! The story is set in 1814, which is part of what made finding original sources somewhat difficult. MomK: I didn’t think about wood. I considered papier-mache as a possible.

Melissa: Ooo! Thank you!

The story is set in 1814, which is part of what made finding original sources somewhat difficult.

]]> By: Melissa Mead http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15083 Melissa Mead Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:07:52 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15083 I have a children's book from around 1900 called Ruby and Ruthy. In it, Ruthy remembers trying to eat the cherries on her aunt's hat and getting very fine shards of glass in her mouth. The cherries shattered easily. I have a children’s book from around 1900 called Ruby and Ruthy. In it, Ruthy remembers trying to eat the cherries on her aunt’s hat and getting very fine shards of glass in her mouth. The cherries shattered easily.

]]> By: momk http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15081 momk Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:01:40 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15081 Could cherries on hats have been made of wood? Two of my auties had a millinery store in the 30s, and that is what I remember (sort of). Would grandmother Jackson be an original source, Mary? Could cherries on hats have been made of wood? Two of my auties had a millinery store in the 30s, and that is what I remember (sort of). Would grandmother Jackson be an original source, Mary?

]]> By: Chang http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15076 Chang Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:35:57 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15076 Wow. Very due diligence. Good on ya! Wow. Very due diligence. Good on ya!

]]> By: Jeremy Tolbert http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/comment-page-1/#comment-15069 Jeremy Tolbert Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:52:13 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/researching-cherries-for-shades-of-milk-and-honey/#comment-15069 That's a really great example and anecdote. That’s a really great example and anecdote.

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