Wednesday, March 25, 2015

You've Been Pranked!...by the press

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From Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories  by M.T. W., 1881 As April 1st approaches and thoughts turn to all things foolish, my re...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

When is a Seal not just a Seal?...when it's an Irish Selkie!

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"Harbor Seal" Photograph by Terry Wood (my talented brother!)  'Tis the month we celebrate all things Irish, and having a...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Men in Kilts...Scotland the Brave

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A brave piper in battle, WW I (public domain) 1918 -- In the murky trenches of World War I France, smoke chokes the air and the sou...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Passionate Words...timeless expression

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The Kiss, 1907, by Gustav Klimt In researching love poems of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, I ran across a passion...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For...Snow Cream!

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"Snow Mist," original photo by the author,  copyright,  Kathryn Louise Wood (*Author's note: I prepared this post severa...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Beautiful Brides...Lantern Swinging!...Read all about it!

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Bride and Groom 1910, Wikimedia Commons Public Domain While doing research by investigating turn-of-the-20th century newspaper articles...
Wednesday, December 31, 2014

In the Twelfth Month of Blogging...highlights from the past year

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"Portrait of a Gentleman" by  Nicolas de Largillierre.(early 1700's) Looking back over my blog posts of 2014, I have pu...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

How Old IS That Fruitcake?...a Christmas confection timeline

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A Slice of American Fruitcake,  photo by Stu Spivack via Wikimedia Commons Pecan Pie!, photo by Steve Snodgrass via Wikimedia commo...