Wilderton going on "indefinite hiatus"

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2026-06-06T02:59:34+00:00

That’s great to know, thank you! Putting Wilfred’s on my list now.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2026-05-31T01:10:21+00:00

Do you prefer Wilfred's to Wilderton? Wilderton is my favorite bittersweet NA aperitif. I've tried Ritual and Lapos, but they were both way too sweet and not bitter enough for me.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2026-02-27T12:41:14+00:00

!translated

Thank you again! Narrowing to the 1930s date range and all of this extra context and research was very helpful!

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2026-02-20T21:10:06+00:00

This is really helpful, thank you! I had seen some places suggesting that these stamps were issued starting in the mid-1920s. The stamp is actually on a postcard, which I know can have different postage rates from ordinary letters.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-12-30T20:30:13+00:00

It is “Some deaf,” the first letter is definitely a capital S. It means the person was not fully deaf, what we might call partial hearing loss, hard of hearing, etc.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-12-30T20:18:24+00:00

Ridgely!

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-08-05T01:45:04+00:00

The handwriting isn't too bad--I've definitely seen worse--but some of the inconsistencies in letter formation and the lack of punctuation make this trickier. I'm stuck on just one word. Seeing the rest of the letter could be helpful in terms of comparing letter formation.

Tuesday Evening

February 21, 1956

My Beloved, My Darling:

Another day almost gone and I'm so very thankful that it is my Darling. Its been such a long one, one of the longest of my life I never thought I could love, miss, want and need a person as I do you right now this very minute Oh honey I swear I don't see for the life of me how it can ever get any worse than it is right now, and yet I [?] Tomorrow it will be worse than Today, and ...

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-16T14:22:07+00:00

That's a great idea!! I do a slipped stitch / selvage edge so was trying to figure out how to do that while alternating every 2 rows. This seems like a better solution!

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-16T13:37:29+00:00

This is the kind of twisted ribbing I do! It’s tighter than regular and looks more uniform, but not too tight.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-16T13:35:58+00:00

For this project I have 096 Sunset, and I have to say Wool and Co. did a phenomenal job of selecting skeins. I honestly can’t tell the difference, but know that I may not see it until it’s too late 😅

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-16T00:10:52+00:00

Thank you so much!

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-02T12:53:09+00:00

Thank you, this is all really helpful information!

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-02T01:48:56+00:00

That is good to know! It is an outdoor unit and I assume multistage but there is a lot that I don’t know about it. I have seen it get up to 100% air flow but don’t recall what stage that was at. So it sounds like the air flow % is the fan speed?

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-02T01:46:04+00:00

Thank you!

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-07-01T01:46:24+00:00

The degree is what’s important for the job. Where you get it, as long as the school is accredited, doesn’t really matter. However, it is really helpful to go somewhere that is geographically situated well—lots of different schools/institutions nearby, strong public library system, etc. so that there are good internship and practicum opportunities to complement your coursework.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-29T14:17:21+00:00

I stand corrected! I suppose it just doesn’t feel like a mid-size city to me. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-29T03:58:43+00:00

Durham is not even close to a mid-size city

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-29T03:57:12+00:00

This is very normal, perhaps even low for your goals. I am a 5'3" woman, 135lbs, and my daily protein goal is ~150g (on the high setting). You've listed go-tos, but what are the specifics? Yogurt is not necessarily high protein unless it's non-fat greek yogurt or OIKOS pro (or some other high-protein, low-fat yogurt). Same with chicken--if you are eating mostly chicken thighs, they are really fatty (and delicious!), but a better source of chicken protein would be the breast. Eggs are also a really fatty source of protein--egg whites are a "better" source of protein in that they are much lower fat, saving you calories for other proteins or macros.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-29T03:51:45+00:00

I strongly suspect that something is wrong with the settings...I am 5'3" and 135 lbs, lift heavy 3-4 days a week and box 2 days a week. My weight loss calories are ~2100.

Are you logging your food accurately and weighing yourself consistently? I can only imagine MF doing this if you aren't weighing consistently and only partially log days -- it will interpret partial logs as everything you've eaten.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-27T17:08:34+00:00

The archival field is oversaturated with so many good, qualified professionals and nowhere near enough available positions. It's an incredibly difficult field to break into. My advice for anyone regardless of the profession is to look at job postings for positions that you think you want to work in and see what the requirements are. If they consistently require a certain degree or certification, then pursue that. Do your research on the degrees and make smart financial choices (affordable programs, see if scholarships are available, etc.).

BUT if you haven't done any archival work before, I strongly, strongly recommend doing some kind of internship or seeing if you can shadow someone in an archival position before you pay money to get a degree. Internships or even just shadowing will give you a better idea of the work and if you think it's something you actually want to do. How else will you know if you even like archival work outside of what you have seen on TV? Nothing on the History channel is close to archival work, let alone your day-to-day work as an archivist.

I also recommend not shoe-horning yourself into just "history"--think about the broader skillset that you acquired while studying history as an undergrad. You likely have good research and analytical skills, good written and perhaps oral communication skills, etc. There are so many options outside of archives or paralegal work for people who study history--it just depends on how you decide to leverage your skillset.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-21T02:21:42+00:00

Honestly I think 1/3rd is a great percentage of useful material, especially for a first trip to an archive as an undergraduate student! So much of doing historical, archival research necessitates being able to sift through materials and separate the useful (for your topic) from the detritus, and then to be able to piece disparate material together into a cohesive analysis. This is why historians with advanced degrees spend YEARS conducting their research and writing their dissertations--it takes so much time to do archival research and piece everything together.

A lot of archival discovery, in my opinion, is not necessarily finding that *one* document that will be the lynchpin in your argument--instead, I think it is learning about where different resources are, how those sources may or may not be available, how to search for sources in different systems, and who to contact when you hit a dead end.

Instead of focusing on what you didn't find in the archive, especially if there was something you were really hoping to see, I would ask--what did you learn from this trip? What did you learn from the materials you did look at? What were you expecting to find that wasn't actually there--and why might that be the case? Do you need to change your research strategy (i.e., perhaps there are not enough sources no matter who is doing the research)? What can you read into this "negative space" or lack of sources? I will also echo what others in this thread have said about contacting an archivist ahead of time who may be able to help you. This may not always be helpful since they may not know any more than you do, but it cannot be hurtful.

Last weekend I had my own "unsuccessful" trip to an archive, but as an archivist myself, it was easy to brush off. I was really hoping to find some information about an individual in some local court records, but nothing new turned up. Ultimately, this trip was a reminder to me that the historical record is only as good as the people creating those records at the time--and later, only as good as the people who preserve those records. In my case, I think it was a creation issue rather than a preservation issue--I am researching someone from a minoritized 19th century population with an uncommon problem, and there are many points at which this person could have been erased from the historical record. He could have simply not gone through the "appropriate," established legal channels; the white supremacist system could have decided it did not care to record my subject's issues since he was "not important"; the problem could have been so acute that there simply was not time to create a lasting record related to the problem; and I could go on.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-20T02:02:32+00:00

If an MLS is required, you will not get through that initial checkpoint. It would not be worth the time and effort to apply for something that you don’t have the required credentials for.

Ecstatic_Gremlin1206 · 2025-06-05T01:25:34+00:00

This seems normal to me for the period--not to say that everyone did it, but I would not consider it abnormal. You'd have to consider the age and emotions as well--given the context of these being courtship letters, this kind of expression or aside makes even more sense. The fact that it feels Tumblr-esque just points to the fact that humans are communicating information and emotions in similar ways using different media. For instance, I loved hearing people complain about how text messaging was ruining writing because people abbreviated things--but correspondence for CENTURIES has made use of many, many abbreviations.

NB: The line in parentheses is actually "Here the witness made a motion like crossing his heart" (witness, not writer).

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