This is a tweaked repost in honor of Miss Viola, the mother of my friend Meg: For Christmas I decided to buy some pretty handkerchiefs for Miss Viola, the mother of a friend of mine. Miss Vi calls me her “other daughter,” and that’s a good feeling for someone who lost her mother in 1987.… Continue reading #1920s Drop Your Handkerchief
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Vintage Friday: Drop the Handkerchief
Reposted Miss Vi recently celebrated her 85th birthday. I remembered this post I wrote in January 2014 and wanted to share it again, with minor edits: For Christmas I decided to buy a set of pretty handkerchiefs for Miss Viola, the mother of a friend of mine. Miss Vi calls me her “other daughter,” and that’s a good… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Drop the Handkerchief
Vintage Friday: Hold My Hanky
For Christmas I decided to buy some pretty handkerchiefs for Miss Viola, the mother of a friend of mine. Miss Vi calls me her “other daughter,” and that’s a good feeling for someone who lost her mother in 1987. She and my mother were friends as well. How wonderful that Miss Vi still uses actual… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Hold My Hanky