Category: Vintage Friday

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Vintage Friday: Crimson Rhubarb

CRIMSON RHUBARB My mother would be 100 years old this year, and my grandmother would be 136. Seeing those numbers just now created an aha moment. My mother was about the same age when I was born as my grandmother was when my mother was born—both in their mid-thirties. My mother was in the middle area… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Crimson Rhubarb

Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714

Cheese-Cake 1714 Recently I’ve begun writing a romance set in the Georgian Period, which includes but starts a century before the popular Regency Period. I’m working on the book slowly as part of the Tuesday Tales blogging group, where we write snippets to word and picture prompts. This goes well with my fascination with old… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714

Vintage Friday: Why April Fool?

Do you anticipate April 1st each year and look forward to creating the perfect prank? Not being a practical jokester, today is not my kind of holiday. That is not to say I haven’t pulled some jokes over the years. Families tend to do that. The meanest one was years ago as a child when… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Why April Fool?

Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for St. Elmo

ST. ELMO Author – Augusta J. Evans Wilson First Published – 1866, just after the War Between the States. Genre – Victorian Age Romance, can also be termed a melodrama. Setting – A southern estate originally called El Dorado served as the inspiration for St. Elmo’s splendid mansion. Belonging to an aunt of the author,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 11 Kisses for St. Elmo

Vintage Friday: Green Is the Color

  In honor of my mother’s birthday this week, the highlight is on one of her top favorite Hollywood stars, Johnny Mack Brown. He appeared in over 160 movies, including 127 westerns, and embodied the ultimate ruggedly handsome cowboy. Prior to his stardom in B grade cowboy westerns, Brown appeared in numerous films with stars… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Green Is the Color

Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1966

As a girl I waited tables in my mother’s restaurant situated near a crossing of the Withlacoochee River. Besides tips and people watching, one of my favorite pastimes was playing the juke box. The Irish Rovers’ music made my Celtic heart sing. Do you remember their song, The Unicorn? Shel Silverstein wrote the lyrics a… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1966

Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1963

Just last week I found out the world lost 1960s singer Lesley Gore on February 16, 2015.  I don’t know how I missed her passing, but February is usually a tough month for me from the standpoint of sinus / throat health. I may have been “out of it.” Her songs were an important part… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1963

Vintage Friday: Words of Wisdom 1952

  What do these words mean to you? In my mind they mean to have faith and believe you can do something with your whole being–like a pole vaulter who seems to magically rise in the air and sail over the bar. Act as if you can do it, proceed as if you can do… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Words of Wisdom 1952