Kimberly Tilley rescues forgotten stories of early twentieth century America from obscurity. Her books, Grievous Deeds (2023); Has it Come to This? (2022), Cold Heart (2020), and The Poisoned Glass (2019) were Amazon category best-sellers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
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A gem from the Library of Congress.
The name Perdita comes from the Latin perditus, meaning “lost” or “abandoned.”
What is your impression of this young woman?
I should say, not to be trusted
Ha ha, she does have a bit of an ornery look!
I would say that anyone who would lose or abandon that lovely lady is silly!
🙂 Definitely an unusual name for a young lady! When I first read it, I thought of “perdition” which is even worse!
Do you remember Pongo and Perdita (Perdy) from 101 Dalmations? Lol…
I’d forgotten all about them but right you are!
Also if you are a Terry Pratchett fan, one of the young witches named Agnes Nit had an alter-ego named Perdita X Dream. HIlarious books!
I’ll check her out, I haven’t heard of her before!
She’s trying to look innocent.
With debatable success? 🙂
The photo seems “revealing” considering it was taken in 1902 when woman dressed modestly. The style of the time covered the body from the neck to the floor, with long sleeves covering the arms. The corset was still in popular use in 1902. It wan’t until much later in the Century that a woman’s dress became more simplified. In that historic context, the name “Perdita” has much more meaning.
Oh I bet you’re right! That would explain her expression too!
Kimberly, This week’s Savannah Reporter has a long story about the Halloween night cross bow murder of Randy Crawford that happened 25 years ago. It was a convoluted deal with a love triangle, jealousy, a slow, mentally challenged minion, Halloween costumed killers, crossbow, pistol, a thermos of gasoline, a cross country getaway and capture …… and the love triangle babe that rats out the killers for a reduced sentence………………… Right up your alley ! Jeff Esely
Oh wow! That sounds fascinating! I want to do a little research on that one. Great idea, Jeff!