(copyright-free advertising image from Dover). "How to Clean Corsets. Take out the steels at front and sides, then scrub thoroughly with tepid or cold lather of white castile soap, using a ...
Theres a lady who has crocheted one of the vintage edgings posted here, and put a photo up on Flickr. Her other work is gorgeous. I wish I could crochet but right now I dont have the time to le...
A salute to the only current head of state who is also a WWII veteran.
(I didnt even know there was a National Doughnut Day. Is this a great country, or what?)
"Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grass... ...only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house ...
Dont know which is more perfectly noir, the cover or the title. Available for free download at Munseys.
I had to be hauled off the plane on Friday in a wheelchair. The cheerful little sadist in the purple leotard who worked me over at physical therapy yesterday morning tells me I have an irritate...
From our friends at Purple Kitty, another vintage knitting book, with 30 classic womens sweater patterns. Free.
From Every Week magazine, May 15th, 1916.
On the road again (on Delta, not by stage and not with either of these two, darn it), to a training conference in Tennessee. I wont be back until late Friday, so blogging is suspended until Cat...
One of my Air Force* nephews is getting married this summer. He and his bride have requested donations in lieu of wedding presents. (*I know. Air Force -- le sigh. But blood is thic...
I would have thought, myself, that it would take more than some brown fluid seeping through the ceiling of the Americorps room to send Smitty high and to the right. He calmed down once we determined ...
Current Attractions, a book of mostly crochet patterns including a rug shaped like a cat. No publication date given, but it appears to have a lot 60s/70s inspiration. Patterns can be down...
I cant wait for the day when someones sexual orientation makes as much difference to the average American as, oh, where they went to primary school. It would be a nice sign that weve caught up ...
"Franks go Mexican in Wienie-lottas. Easy on the cook as well as the budget." WIENIE-LOTTAS 8 to 10 frozen tortillas 2 10 ½ oz cans chili without beans 1 T. instant minced onion 6...
With poems and woodcuts. The bulldog is particularly fine. From Project Gutenberg.
I remember doing this as a kid...it probably should have come with some kind of warning, though. The fumes from the ammonia and the Mercurochrome, if thats even still available, would probably give y...
“An announcement that my lesson for the day would be Spanish dishes, invariably brought record-breaking crowds in any city in the United States, and a demand for recipes induced me to search for the ...
A carriage blanket knitted in a variation of feather and fan stitch, from Workbasket magazine, June 1949. There are a few words smudged on the second page but you should be able to continue knitting ...
Unusual and pretty Japanese art deco illustrations, copyright-free from Dover.
To Make Barley-Sugar. – To every pound of sugar allow one-half pint of water, one-half the white of an egg. Put the sugar into a well-tinned saucepan, with the water, and when the former is dis...
(The PC has returned. Everything on the desktop looks a little different, but it all appears to be there).
While the old PC and the new PC are in the hands of someone who is going to do the files transfer (and who is younger than my last pair of combat boots. I could probably still outshoot him, tho...
Oh and I have a new PC so until I re-locate everything dont expect much in the way of posting right now....
Photographed this afternoon in the main hallway of a local junior high school.
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