Little Grey Bungalow
There is a profound, sickening duality in being thanked for your service by people who would be horrified if they actually saw what that service required. ~ Jarrod Toothman
The rest of the essay is here. If you do nothing else today, read it.
When did men in Westerns stop wearing those wristguards?
I spent eight hours yesterday at a seminar on mental health first aid for children and youth, and by the time I remembered I had not yet posted a Tuesday craft project, I was on my way to bed.
(We spent most of the afternoon on substance abuse and then suicide prevention, and it was a bit draining).
This is from a 50's vintage Workbasket magazine, "especially made for the young Miss who wants her doll dressed like a real baby." Unfortunately I got it in a thrift shop haul that included a plastic bag of pages torn from various craft magazines, so I can't identify the issue. EDITED TO ADD: Blogfriend Martha located it - July of 1959 and it's available at the Internet Archive. Thanks, Martha!
Left-click to enlarge.
A treasure-trove of laces to trim your towels, pillowcases, and babyclothes. From Woman's Day magazine, May of 1950. Two additional pages of instructions can be found on my Flickr page.
From Good Housekeeping magazine, February 1929. If you want to give that recipe a try, left-click to enlarge. A black and white copy of the entire magazine is available to read at the Cornell University Library digital collection.
Spending the weekend in Chicago being all artsy-fartsy. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom tonight, the Matisse exhibit at the Art Institute and then Mme Butterfly tomorrow.
Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly? ~ Sandra Day O'Connor
