Tales from Tudor Times

Welcome to the time traveling past…There sleeps Titania some time of the night,Lull’d in these flowers with dance and delight. Shakespeare was a Tudor. He knew the import of roses. Masses of flowering bushes trailed along the path. They hung over gates and dangled from arbors and walkways. Beneath the arch of an ancient, paneled doorway, a wide-petaled crimson beauty was just opening. The heavy scent of damasks consumed us.  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9XOR search AMAZON for 'tangled in tudor times'

A holiday break from Bella’s time…Slightly rough … Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Time Traveling Bella, finds festive meals in the Tudor era as tasty as her abuela’s holiday spreads. Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

This month’s cast is an excerpt from Tangled in Tudor TimesWarning Sexual PredationThe girls from the cottages had all been warned to stay together and watch out for men wandering the area looking for work. Alice was unconcerned. She’d been avoiding the lascivious attentions of men for as long as she could remember… Stop by and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Are you a time traveler who needs to do a bit of historical review before setting out for a visit to the 16’th century? Bella Salas could have used pointers from these podcast episodes when she was Tangled in Tudor TimesThis forth-sixth episode of the Tales from Tudor Times podcast provides a detailed index of the fourth season’s episodes. You’ll find them a helpful guide to accompany your copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales/dp/B09LWGSYMY

Reflections in Glass and Time.  Know how and excerpts from the time traveling novel Tangled in Tudor Times. The circular shape of a traditional Rose Window is often divided into sections and represents the perfection of God and the cyclical nature of time. The rose flower, in a stained glass window, is associated with the Virgin Mary. Stop by and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X  

Turquoise Threads through a Rose Window. Excerpts from the time traveling novel Tangled in Tudor Times. Stop by and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Welcome to the past. An excerpt from the time traveling novel Tangled in Tudor Times chapter, “Sign of the Ship’s Master Stop by and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9Xhttps://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Time Traveler Bella Salas meets a pair of crazy goats, and gets a kick out of life on a Tudor farm. Welcome to the past.  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Time Travelers have been singing 'Down in Yon Forrest' from medieval through Renaissance times. They continue ‘till this day, thanks to folk music collectors like Ralph Vaughn.   Welcome to the past.  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Time Traveling Bella’s finds festive meals in the Tudor era as tasty as her abuela’s holiday spreads.  Welcome to the past.  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

It’s that season when witches are among us. It wasn't only King James who lit a flame against the Devil’s minions. ⁠Bella Salas⁠⁠ learns about fear and loathing in the village, when she falls unexpectedly into the Elizabethan Era. Stop by amazon and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times⁠.   https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

  Time Traveling Bella’s always learning more about the Tudor era.  Alice was dependent on the patronage of the Hobey household. She was being educated alongside their children so that, as Lady Hobey had told me, she might “better herself”. Alice didn’t have much time for playing with cats. In return for her education, she worked as Lucy’s servitor. This morning, she had been switching off between translating Herodotus from Greek into Latin and darning a hole in a long, striped stocking.  Welcome to the past.  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Are you a time traveler who needs to do a bit of historical review before setting out for a visit to the 16’th century? Bella Salas could have used pointers from these podcast episodes when she was Tangled in Tudor Times This thirty-seventh episode of the Tales from Tudor Times podcast provides a detailed index of the third season’s episodes. You’ll find them nearly as helpful as stopping as stopping by amazon to pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales/dp/B09LWGSYMY

   In Tangled in Tudor Times, time travelling Bella Salas drops unexpectedly into the sixteenth century, where her hostess, Lady Hobey, immediately sets her up with a desirable suitor. Welcome to the past, Bella. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X  

In Tangled in Tudor Times, time travelling Bella Salas drops unexpectedly into the sixteenth century. There her matchmaking hostess directs her to embroider luxurious linens for a secret visit from Queen Elizabeth I.  Welcome to the past, Bella.  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Approaching that time of the year we Tudor fans love best. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

TT33  - CLOISTERS  – A TUDOR TAKE OVER   - A Time Traveler's Guide to Cloistered Life before and after the English Reformation. Just a few generations ago the Priory was home to a convent of nuns. Now, in the sixteenth century, a gentrified Elizabethan family is established on the ancient monastic estate. When time travelling Bella Salas drops in from the future, she joins the Hobey Family, and appealing Will Sainsbury, as they work, study, and play in the ancient cloistered building   Welcome to the past, Bella. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X⁠

In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveling heroine Bella Salas, and her hosts’ son Pip, are hunting for a Roman Dragon who has been napping in England’s North Country for nearly two thousand years. Reflections on the Tudor import pottery, majolica, are interwoven with a review of Romans in Britain, from the time they first planted their boots on the ground, until they left centuries later. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X  

Though Eeels aren’t time traveler Bella Salas’ favorite dish, her sixteenth century hosts are big fans of these snaky looking fish. Enjoy eel excerpts from Tangled in Tudor Times as well as an Elizabethan cook’s way with Eels. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X

Dogs have been good companions to people for centuries. In this ‘cast I share my family’s dog whistle, as well as tidbits about the development of border collies, and a few of heroine Bella Sallas’ experiences with the Tudor collie, Rufus. My favorite is the excerpt when Will Sainsbury finds Rufus after returning from the 21’st century. “I was in your time for five years,” Will explained to me. “Five years in the twenty-first century, but only an hour back here. That’s how time travel works.”  Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X   My favorite dog rescue groups https://www.tiramisudogrescue.org/about https://www.petfinder.com  

Just a few generations ago the Priory was home to a convent of nuns. But now, in the sixteenth century, Elizabethans are firmly established on the ancient estate. When time travelling Bella Salas drops in, she finds her way to the Priory’s great hall, a mixture of Renaissance and Medieval lifestyles. Welcome to the past, Bella.   Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.

Welcome to the past. A pile of sweets, pass under my nose at this time of year. The Hoby’s Tudor era cook calls it marchpane. Bella’s 21’st family refers to it as marzipan. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.

When Bella Salas falls unexpectedly into the Elizabethan era, she encounters a Tudor sailor. Could he be the Predator she’s been searching for? After all, he is a smoker! Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. The Legacy of Tobacco has continued for nearly 400 years. Why did the Tudors use Tobacco? Who benefited by increasing production of tobacco by English People and Colonists? Who suffered from the increasing use and production, of tobacco?

It's that season when witches are among us, and it isn’t only King James who lights a flame against the Devil’s minions. Bella Salas learns about fear and loathing in the village, when she falls unexpectedly into the Elizabethan Era. Stop by amazon.com and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.

Bella Salas found herself unexpectedly engaging in wooly thinking when she fell through time into the Elizabethan era. That sort of thing can leave our gal Bella engaging in wooly thinking, woolgathering, and may well leave her feeling wooly headed. This podcast contains the kind of tidbits Bella picks up when she’s visiting the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. Stop by amazon and pick up a copy. 

Are you a time traveler who needs to do a bit of historical review before setting out for a visit to the 16’th century? Bella Salas could have used pointers from these podcast episodes when she was Tangled in Tudor Times. This twenty-fourth episode of the Tales from Tudor Times Podcast provides a detailed index of the last year’s episode. You’ll find them nearly as helpful as stopping as stopping by amazon to pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

My Tangled in Tudor Times’ time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month . . . It may have been the Reformation for Tudor England, and some other European countries, but religious change did not come to Spain as it did to England. It was going to have an impact on people across the Spanish empire. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

My Tangled in Tudor Times’ time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I consider what survival meant for Henry VIII’s final Renaissance queen, Kathryn Parr, as well as beautiful objects associated with that strong minded, well-educated lady. My January through June 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. There I took in the Musical Six on Broadway, and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. That same exhibit recently landed in San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum (FAMSF). It closes in September 24 of 2023. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

My Tangled in Tudor Times’ time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I share: Catherine Howard’s thoughts on Henry VIII from the musical Six, No Will of Her Own, Music and Dancing -The Lighter Side of Catherine’s courtly life, and some Tudor era goodies that sing Catherine My January through June of 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. There I took in the musical Six on Broadway, and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. That same exhibit lands in San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum (FAMSF) in June of 2023. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.    

My Tangled in Tudor Times time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I share, Breaking up ain’t so hard to do when you’re a Tudor King. I also consider why two-timing Tudor boyfriends are just as maddening as their twenty-first century counterparts.  My January through June of 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. There I took in the Musical Six on Broadway, and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. That same exhibit lands in San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum (FAMSF) in June of 2023. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

TT19 - Tragic Heroine or Ignoble Opportunist - Did Jane Seymour Lay Plans? Tangled in Tudor Times’ heroine Bella Salas keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I look for relics of Jane Seymour and consider her character. Was she the self-effacing, obedient lady-in-waiting who submitted to Henry VIII? Or was she a husband-hunting schemer who gave Anne Boelyn a bad rap and drew Henry into her arms? My January through June of 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. There I took in the Musical Six on Broadway, and visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

Tangled in Tudor Times’ Bella Salas keeps me on the trail of  Tudor tidbits. In this episode I look for relics of The Other Woman, Anne Boleyn. Did Anne’s little neck have a chance of surviving her marriage with Henry VIII? His battle to dispose of his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, resulted in a seven year courtship of Anne. He was crazy about her, as long as she kept up her Don’t-do-a-thing-till-you- get- that- ring- plan. And then what? From January through June, I’m inspired by a visit to NYC where I stopped off on Broadway to take in the Musical Six, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. Want to learn more about Bella and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

In Tangled in Tudor Times, our favorite time traveler Bella Salas is inspired by the pomegranate badge chosen by Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon, to make plans for a fusion-fashion design of her own. Bella’s not the only maker to find inspiration in the art works around her. On a recent trip to New York City, I was inspired by the musical Six, and the fantastic Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England. Both had me looking for relics of Henry VIII’s six wives. There’s so much to enjoy and learn from my trip, that I plan to keep this hunt for Tudor wives going for six podcast episodes. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected time travel jaunt to the Elizabethan era?  Stop by amazon.com and pick up a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

Welcome to the Past! In Tangled in Tudor Times, Bella Salas has a side hustle she calls Glorianna’s Threads. This fusion-fashion subscription trunk combines elements of modern and 16’th century Elizabethan women’s clothing. When she’s unexpectedly transported through time to the Elizabethan era, Bella has a chance to get up close and personal with Tudor fashions, fabrics, and embellishments. This month’s episode is a continuation of Tudor fashions discussion: The Thick look, Slash It!, Footwear, Ornaments weren’t Washable, No knickers – Is it True? Wigs, and finally Lucy’s Ruff, an excerpt from Tangled in Tudor Times. Last month’s episode (TT15, Part 1) included: A Fusion Fashion Excerpt, What’s not to love about a Ruff? Dipping into Bodies, Farthingales, and Bum Rolls, and a discussion of Sleeves and Stomachers.  Clothing research I used for these episodes was from the books English Costume by Calthrop published in 1907, the 1943 book This is Fashion by Burris-Meyer, A history of costume by Carl Köhler.

Welcome to the Past! In Tangled in Tudor Times, Bella Salas has a side hustle she calls Glorianna’s Threads. This fusion-fashion subscription trunk combines elements of modern and 16’th century Elizabethan women’s clothing. When she’s unexpectedly transported through time to the Elizabethan era, Bella has a chance to get up close and personal with Tudor fashions, fabrics and embellishments. In this month’s episode that includes: A Fusion Fashion Excerpt, What’s not to love about a Ruff? Dipping into Bodies, Farthingales, and Bum Rolls, and a discussion of Sleeves and Stomachers. The next episode, on December 20’th, will continue this Tudor fashions topic with: The Thick look, Slash It!, Footwear, Ornaments weren’t Washable, No knickers – Is it True? Wigs, and finally Lucy’s ruff, an excerpt from Tangled in Tudor Times.

Keep an eye out for bombast. Like Bella Salas, in my novel Tangled in Tudor Times, all of us time travelers need to learn not to laugh at the goofy names and styles of men’s clothing in the Elizabethan era. What’s the difference between these manly garments? Test your knowledge. Peafowl or Peas’ cod? Cockles, Jelly, or Bombast? Love-locks or Love Apples? See you in the sixteenth century... LR Shimer

Shakespeare was a Tudor. He knew the import of roses.  There sleeps Titania some time of the night, Lull’d in these flowers with dance and delight. In Tangled in Tudor Times Bella Salas has her own reaction to Tudor roses...Masses of flowering bushes trailed along the path. They hung over gates and dangled from arbors and walkways. Beneath the arch of an ancient, paneled doorway, a wide-petaled crimson beauty was just opening. The heavy scent of damasks consumed us.

Are you a time traveler who needs to do a bit of historical review before setting out for a visit to the 16’th century? Bella Salas could have used these pointers when she was Tangled in Tudor Times. This twelfth episode of the Tales from Tudor Times podcast provides a detailed index of each month’s episode. You'll find them nearly as helpful as stopping by amazon to pickup a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

In Tangled in Tudor Times, our favorite time traveler Bella Salas alters Malory's tales of King Arthur to suit her own whims. Merlin might spend an entire night casting a spell that would change a stone into gold. But the fairy girl could transform that same lump of precious metal into an enchanted harp, or gilded flower, with a mere wave of her hand. In the mid 16th century King Henry VIII created his own version of King Arthur,  in the persona of Sir Loyalheart. Though the Tudor dynasty owed a debt to Mallory’s tales of King Arthur, he wasn’t the first to tell these stories. Stop by amazon.com and pickup a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times

Time travelers typically need a few coins to get by in the Tudor era. When Bella Salas unexpectedly shoots through a stained-glass windows into the sixteenth century she manages to get her hands on a few Elizabethan coins. What does she need to know about their worth when she’s Tangled in Tudor Times? Read more about Bella’s time traveling adventures after you listen to this episode. Read Tangled in Tudor Times https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LWGSYMY

Time traveling Bella Salas falls for Elizabethan caps: linen beauties with elaborate embroidery, a luxurious be-feathered velvet topper, and a plain woolen head covering that helps her escape from a mean suitor. Enjoy an Elizabethan Cap at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum

How much have times changed when it comes to weapons and war? Learn more when you read Tangled in Tudor Times. In this book Software Engineer Bella Salas tumbles through a stained-glass window into the era of Queen Elizabeth the First, and finds romance and suspense in the shadow of the Roman Emperor Hadrian's ancient wall. In this podcast episode I share: What's a Weapon? Tudor Weapons, Novel Excerpt - Is that a Gun?, and Finally the late Soul composer Kevin Starr asks us  War, what is it good for?

In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveler Bella Salas finds food crops, medicinal plants, and magic herbs springing forth in Elizabethan gardens and fields. What did she see?  EXPLICIT

In Tangled in Tudor Times time travelling heroine Bella Salas, and her hosts’ son Pip, are on a hunt for a Roman Dragon who has been napping in England’s North Country for nearly two thousand years. Thoughts of the Tudor import pottery, majolica, are interwoven with a review of Romans in Britain, from the time they plant their first boots on the ground, until they leave several centuries later.

What is embroidery? What techniques did Tudor makers use when they embroidered? How is tapestry work different from embroidery? Why were Tudors drawn to this art form? Who embroidered in the Elizabethan era?  Author LR Shimer reads aloud from Tangled in Tudor Times as Time traveler Bella Salas works on an embroidery project for Queen Elizabeth the First.  Buy Tangled in Tudor Times as an ebook or paperback. Kindle Unlimited Members read for free!

In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveler Bella Salas needs a place to stay. She puts up in a priory. But during Queen Elizabeth the First's era, priories aren't what they used to be. It all started with Henry the VIII and the "Kings Great Matter".

In August of 2021, I participated in the San Mateo Library program A Fine Romance, and was honored to read aloud from Tangled in Tudor Times, the first of six time travel romantic suspense books in my Tudor Times and Tales series. In anticipation of Tangled in Tudor Times' release this month, I'm reading from the book I shared at A Fine Romance.

The sounds of Greensleeves — thanks to Creative Commons artist Dobroide at freesound.org. Did Queen Elizabeth's Daddy, Henry VIII,  compose Greensleves? Why do people like the idea of Henry VIII composing this song ? Why are these Elizabethans making music? Because the local folk need it to dance. Sharing story from the Tangled in Tudor Times chapter, La Volta.

Paloma reached for the box and opened it to display an antique, gold-rimmed miniature painting. "It’s uncanny," she said. "This woman really looks like you." My sister laughed. "I bet you think you’re going to find a time portal back to the sixteenth century when you get to London." There's so much history that doesn't fit in a light novel and that's where this historical tidbits podcast comes in.