P is for Parasol on Wednesday Whimsy

This week’s Wednesday Whimsy is all about the parasol….couldn’t find too many quotes about them, other than this one from author Anne Sexton, in a poem entitled “The Kite: “The parasol girls slept, sun-sitting their lovely years.”

When I interviewed steampunk author Gail Carriger for my USA Today/HEA columnawhile ago, of course she has written an entire series entitledThe Parasol Protectorate.Here’s one quick Q&A from the interview:

Veronica: Which piece of steampunk “technology” in the series...