Originally posted November 2011; minor edits. Background on the fable here, but only the first few paragraphs– then it’s politics. Retold by Alan Benjamin Those of a certain age may remember this little story of two friends who live in very different worlds. “A city mouse was once invited to visit a friend who lived in
Born this day in 1819, Charles Kingsley. Kingsley is the author of The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, published in 1863, two years before Alice in Wonderland. The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature (1984, 1995) has an entry on both Kingsley and The Water-Babies. He was made a Canon of Westminster. Surely that
It was beautiful. Tie dye. Slab of marble. Painted and textured wall. There was a time, and I can’t think of when it was, when book covers were looked like this. Different colors but this sort of theme. Can’t seem to put my hands on one right now and am not highly motivated to go
Do you entertain formally– or concentrate on back yard barbecues? Do you have occasional help, or must your home be geared to easy care? Plan your decorating to further your way of living, to give you a comfortable, beautiful background. Binary choices do not reflect my way of living. Let us look at the “Dollarsavers”
On this day in 1828, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born. Something a bit different and more up Daughter C’s alley than mine, but I’ll give it a go. DISPLAY CAPTION This work was executed while Rossetti and other artists were decorating the Oxford Union with medievalist murals. In Oxford, Rossetti saw Jane Burden, later Mrs
On this day in 1917 the French celebrated United States Day. [FYI. From that infallible source: “Frog (pejorative), ethnic slur for French or French-Canadian people.” See also this.] Sidebar– though not in the GDR, Kant was born on this day in 1724, and I found my little orange notebook– had apparently used it as a
I’d like to recommend you take a look at Dave Kings’ blog, Endless Roaming. In his own words, Dave is an AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLER THAT LOVES TO “ROAM” OUR GLOBE, CREATOR OF ENDLESSROAMING.COM SHARING THE EXPERIENCE THROUGH WORD AND PHOTOGRAPHY. CURRENTLY RESIDING IN MY HOME OF NEWTOWN SYDNEY BUT HOPE TO BE BACK ON THE ROAD
The welfare of the family is largely in the hands of the one who provides the three meals a day … Children, like flowers, thrive best when they have besides the right kind of nourishing food and care, plenty of sunshine and out-of door-air … Well nourished children are happy children … The newer knowledge
This post is part of the Bookshelves series in which I pick a a few random crappy old books from one of the not as many as I need bookshelves here at the Farm and thumb through it. The Art of Dining: A History of Cooking and Eating. Sara Paston-Williams. The National Trust. Harry N.
The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing. Richard M. Stephenson & Joseph Iaccarino. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. 1980. Discarded from the Oktibbeha County Library System. In 1980, “one of the most interesting social changes in recent years [had] been the ‘return to the ballroom’ by students at colleges and universities throughout the
National Geographic Volume XXXVI Number Five, November, 1919 Not a pleasant story at all. And quite the contrast to the first half dozen or so pages of advertisements. Here’s the last sentence, spoken by the author’s traveling companion, a doctor, as their ship departed Ararat: “God bless America,” he said; “for America, with God’s help,
via AoSHQ Sunday Morning Book Thread; Check out the photo of the mirrored library, as well. There’s a 12 volume collection of books for children with My Book House as part of the title: They are beautiful books. Images from Archive.org where you can borrow the books for 14 days. This is interesting– and disconcerting.
The religious value of such a picture lies in its power to revive personal memories. Death is one of the most solemn realities in the world; it is the door by which one passes from the seen and temporal into the more immediate consciousness of things unseen and eternal. Commentary on Decent from the Cross
The Home Economists of the Crisco Kitchen at Proctor & Gamble recommended serving Seafood Neptune, Creamed Chicken, or Chow Mein over Fried Noodle Rings. Unfortunately, the pages for the first two recipes are missing from this crappy old paperback cookbook, so we’ll have to settle for authentic 1949 style Chow Mein. See the recipe for
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