Little Grey Bungalow
I have come to the conclusion that there are two kinds of people in this country - those who want you to suffer because they suffered, and those who don't want you to suffer because they suffered.
But around Verdun you have miles of land which is made one-third of steel, one-third of human remains, one-third of soil. It is frightening for a country when its land remembers more than its people. ~ Mary Blume
From How to Amuse Yourself And Others, instructions for a variety of cornhusk dolls, including "Mary Jane, " complete with fichu and bonnet. Free download from Project Gutenberg, on page 169.
A baby animal mobile to make of wallpaper scraps (or fabric - this would be cute in bright calicos) from Pack 'O' Fun magazine, March/April 1991. Two pages of instructions can be found on my Flickr account.
From Redbook magazine, February 1931. Although I have long since given up eating canned tomato soup because I now think it tastes tinny, "back in the day" a bowl of this and a toasted cheese sandwich on a cold winter's day was a real treat.
Of course, back in the day our idea of a jolly afternoon's fun included flinging ourselves onto a toboggan and racing straight down a 45 degree slope for about 75 yards before hitting the chain link fence at the bottom (the fence was there to keep us from winding up in the road). Good times.
This top, bag and skirt - perfect for a hot, muggy summer's day - is to be made from inexpensive kitchen towel fabric. Two pages of instructions can be downloaded from my Flickr account.
When you look in the mirror you see not just your face but a museum. Although your face, in one sense, is your own, it is composed of a collage of features you have inherited from your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on...We carry the past around with us all the time, and not just in our bodies. David W. Anthony
From the August, 1973 issue of Pack O Fun - a summer-specific and rather odd little project. Instructions can be found on my Flickr account and the original magazine on archive.org.
The high school basement was completely flooded. Since the high school, the junior high school, and the elementary school are all in the same building, and the mechanical room and the server are in the basement, that means school may or may not open on time.
