by JackiB | Apr 23, 2018 | La Compagnie Blog
April is National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, poets, and, of course, bloggers marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives. And...
by JackiB | Apr 7, 2018 | La Compagnie Blog
There I was, about half way through my tour. I was full steam ahead into my explanation of the clerk’s role in the fur trade. A great bunch of kids . . . fourth graders, lively and inquisitive. I was on a roll. Then, BAM! I got smacked face-on by Freeman Tilden’s...
by JackiB | Jan 14, 2017 | La Compagnie Blog
It occurred to me, as I talked with visitors during our recent gig at The Landing, that context is hugely important in delivering effective interpretation. But for that event, and for most any living history event we do, there are layers upon layers of context, a...
by JackiB | Dec 17, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
We’re hardy modern voyageurs. We know that keeping our hands warm and dry when working outside during winter is important, very important. But how best to protect those digits when you’re reenacting the “little ice age” winters of the late 18th and early 19th...
by JackiB | Sep 10, 2016 | La Compagnie Blog
As winter approaches, my list of fur trade related projects always grows: make new items of historic clothing. Repair and improve my camp gear. Try out new historic receipts. Research, research and more research. To me, research usually means reading. And...
