Sen-Sen & the taste of nostalgia

July 19, 2015
I found this squirreled away in a box a few months ago and it brought back so many memories. So very many.  Are you familiar with Sen-Sen? It was the 1950s version...
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Back to the Sixties

June 2, 2014
It was a decade in which so much happened we could hardly keep up with it. Vietnam. Women’s liberation. Civil rights. Assassinations. The moon walk. The air was...
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Do kids today sew?

February 12, 2014
I had to sew a missing button on a velvet jacket the other day. As I dug through my old sewing tin, something I rarely do anymore, I remembered watching my grandmother...
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India: the children broke my heart + filled me with joy

December 10, 2013
A small child, maybe 18 months old, dirty, dressed in rags, squatting in the gutter, drinking the dirty water.  The image is seared in my brain. I saw it at the...
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All mistakes serve a purpose

October 30, 2013
"Your best teacher is your last mistake." That is, if you're willing to recognize it. And learn. What are your thoughts about mistakes? I'm not a parent, but it seems...
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Old-time pharmacies gone the way of the Edsel

August 28, 2013
I'm really lucky to be in the age group that remembers old-time pharmacists. You know, the ones that knew us, our ailments and wanted to sit for a spell and give us...
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This little piggy

August 7, 2013
I love pigs. I love their pinkness and how happy they are. I love the saying "happier than a pig in shit" because it's true: no matter how much shit they're in, they...
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Sew what?

February 1, 2013
Home economics (what a misnomer!)  wasn't one of my favorite courses in high school. Do they still teach it?Nonetheless, I can wield a needle for basic repairs as...
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You say "naughty" like it’s a bad thingR

January 14, 2013
Don't know what it is that I love about these Anne Taintor Vintage revisited funnies, but they never fail to crack me up. All images from www.AnneTaintor.com, where you...
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A nod to the Everly Brothers and other retro stuff

October 2, 2012
Credit  I don't know why someone didn't think of this before now. Oh wait. You were born after 1970? Ok then. It's a nod to an Everly Brothers song. And now...
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