Hi there! My name is Camille, and I’m a forty-something woman with a zest for history, literature, travel, and fine wine. I subject my readers to my musings on a variety of topics that are of interest to me, and should be of interest to you! Among other things, wine and history (hence the name of the blog), my travels, life and family, cats and horses, half marathons and art. Plus anything else that may be on my mind that I want to share. Is that diverse enough?
I love learning about the Civil War and other history, drinking crisp citrusy whites and Oregon Pinot Noir, visiting museums, photography, and hiking in our amazing National Parks. I absolutely prefer traditional art over modern art.
About those National Parks; I hope to one day visit all of them – it is a lofty goal, but they have so much to offer. I have enjoyed every park I have visited so far.
My coworkers think that I am nuts for wanting to spend all my vacations going to museums, battlefields and spending time with educational pursuits. I hope you enjoy reading.
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Wine and History Visited 
Love the blog name. Wine and history… perfect combination!
Thank you! The combo fits me well.
Great, information-packed blog — I’m glad I ran across it! Thanks for the like at christinebrandtlittle.com!
Thank you! I really enjoyed your Gettysburg Hospitals article. I will be sure to check out some of your other Civil War work as well!
Great! I’d love to hear your thoughts.
You have been awarded the Illuminating Blogger Award. 🙂
For more info on what that is, go here: http://preservationandplace.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/illuminating-blog/
-Maria
Hi, I nominated you for a Liebster Award, really enjoying your blog! My latest blog has the details if you are not familiar with it.
Best,
Susan/Sweetempranillo
Interesting blog. Thanks for the follow. I’m a wine geek and used to be a Civil War buff (in my youth, not so much now), so I’ll check in once in a while.
Chris
Thank you! I hope you’ll enjoy reading. Always nice to meet a fellow wine geek, even if you are a reformed Civil War buff. 🙂 Camille
Hi Camille! You and Jon are not the only ones who spend their holidays in museums! My husband goes a step further and lets me choose holidays to destinations I’m researching for my novels. 🙂 We spent three gorgeous weeks in Norway this summer, going from museum to stave church to archaeological site. Bliss. Thank you for stopping by History Undusted!
Thank you for the like! Three weeks in Norway would be amazing, even if you never even got to go to a museum! I do love the historical architecture – that church in your post was gorgeous! Camille
We think it’s a perfectly perfect combination!! Glad to have found your blog!
Thank you! My mom says eclectic, but it suits me perfectly!
Thanks so much for visiting, liking and following my blog. Most appreciated. I look forward to exploring yours. Pity I haven’t been able to find any wine in India. At least there’s no shortage of history here. 🙂
You are most welcome! Your stories about your experiences with the wildlife are very interesting. That is a pity to not have any wine! Camille
Hi there and thanks for visiting my blog. I came to check yours out and, although I’m not a big wine drinker, I love the mix of history, travel and wine commentary! Very nice writings…
-Ian
Why thank you! I hope you’ll stop by and visit again – there are plenty of non-wine posts. Camille
I enjoyed browsing you blog and thanks for your visit!
Thank you! You have some beautiful photos! It makes me want to see more of our amazing country.
Thank you for your kind comments on my blog. I see you hiked Ebey’s Landing on Christmas. Do you live on Whidbey? I hope you get to share your love of Civil War history with your husband at Gettysburg one day. Maybe showing him it is in an area with a bunch of wineries would help?
You are very welcome! We live in Bellingham, which is about 20 miles south of the Canadian border. My in-laws live on Whidbey – Jon spent most of his childhood there. Do you know the area? He is very interested in going to Gettysburg – we just haven’t had a trip in that area yet. So much work, so little vacation – so we have to pick and choose. Camille
Sounds like you are kindred spirits, Camille. We are on the same National Park quest. We have the Fodor’s book “The Official Guide of America’s National Parks” and we put a star sticker and a date by each park as we visit it. (A half star if only one of us has been there.) We, too, haven’t found a bad one yet. Keep exploring!
It does sound like we are kindred spirits! I don’t have that Fodor’s book, but I think I’m going to have to check it out – it sounds like a good one. Visiting all of the parks is such a fun goal to have! Camille
Thanks for visiting! I too hope to make it to all of the national parks one day!
It’s a big goal – especially since I really want to see every site in the National Parks System – but I will try!
Hi Camille – enjoying your blog. Thought you might enjoy and subscribe to our blog http://winecoastersblog.wordpress.com. We’ve enjoyed a wonderful summer of visiting parks/national monuments, volunteering at parks leading kayak tours and ( yeah!) tasting wines. Safe travels! Gail
Thank you Gail – I’m glad you are enjoying reading! I’ll be sure to check your blog out as well! Camille
Glad to have found your blog! A great combination of topics here. My husband doesn’t enjoy quite so many of my interests, so I’m on my own when it comes to wine, history and running, but he does love the outdoors. We visited Yellowstone and Dinosaur National Monument on our honeymoon. Both were amazing!
Thank you! I feel pretty blessed that Jon and I have similar interests in history, wine and hiking. He is more the runner though – my pace is generally a brisk walk. But we do love spending time outdoors. I haven’t been to Yellowstone since I was a child and so want to get back, and Dinosaur NM looks like a very neat place! They are certainly on my list to visit!
Camille, thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post Cats R Us. So glad it led me to your blog which looks great. I’m looking forward to reading more!
You are most welcome – your house seems a lot like mine (I’ve got 3 cats myself). I hope you enjoy more posts!
Wine. History. Hiking. Cats. Colorado. Your blog hits on numerous of my favorite things. Gonna have to spend quite awhile clicking around and reading stuff I’ve missed 🙂
Thank you! I hope you enjoy. We have been pretty fortunate to be able to travel to some great places.
How do I order bunk house cherry wine?
Here’s the link to Douglas Valley Winery’s online store. Enjoy! http://www.douglasvalley.net/product-category?productcategoryid=9E7655CB-C446-4801-89EE-4F19C56F8375
I had the pleasure of sharing a bus ride to Stonehenge with Camille. She is a delightful young woman. If you want to tap into a treasure trove of knowledge about wine, travel and history, then you came to the right place. Or, you can leave the seat next to you open and hope to be as fortunate as I was.
Thank you John! You were excellent company too for our wanders and I enjoyed hearing your stories. Perhaps our paths will cross again one day. Stonehenge at sunset was amazing – I am so glad I had the opportunity!
Hey Camille, I don’t know if you ever take book review requests, but I’d love to send you one to see if you might be interested in an advanced e-book of my historical novel coming out in September. If you are the slightest bit interested, please drop me an email and I will attempt to dazzle you with a more formal query. If that’s something you would prefer not to do, no worries. Just thought I’d ask. Thanks!
I never have, but I would love to!! I love your writing!
Thank you! If you drop me an email, I will send you a Bookfunnel link that will allow you to download whatever format works best.
Hello Camille, I maybe kinda sorta nominated you for an award. 💕 https://marlaonthemove.com/2020/05/23/that-time-i-was-nominated-for-an-award/
Thank you! What a fun little award – I will respond!