Who doesn’t want to boost their TV performance? I’m told it’s not all that hard and you can save money by doing it yourself. Be sure your roof has its shingles in a row before you begin. Money quote: If you have separate VHF and UHF antennas, and perhaps a third for your FM radios,
from Amber Waves of Grain: America’s Farmlands from Above (Gerster and Diamanti, 1990) See also Thomas Jefferson’s Garden Book 1766-1824: With Relevant Extracts from His Other Writings (Betts, ed., 1944) March 15, 1767 — planted asparagus seed in 5 beds of 4f width, 4 rows in each
Came across this while surveying the Children’s Library. Cute. Love how it’s assumed kids know beavers use mud as a building material. Down Our Street (1939)
in a certain time of year when the sun shines through the windows just right. Landscape with Farmhouse, Mondrain, found in Metropolitan Seminars in Art Portfolio 4: Abstraction (1955). Each volume has a few dozen individual prints that could be framed. “… this having been done, it need not be done again.” Heh. Where else
The Velvetteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco, illustrated by William Nicholson (1922); found in The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature (1955). This long weekend is going to be about fund raising. Some may recall that contributions to the tip jar are earmarked for Tonybee’s ten volume A story of History. The price has gone up about
The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876 (1974) I wish I had a real library card catalog, but alas I do not and tips are not coming in a a rate that would suggest I will be able to buy one any time soon. But I do have all the vast majority of my crappy
Originally published on January 14, 2020 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
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This is going to be so much fun! William Dana Orcutt. In Quest of the Perfect Book: Reminiscences & Reflections of a Bookman (1926) One of Orcutt’s many talents was designing new typefaces. For this type, which he named ‘Humanistic,’ he wanted to preserve the individuality of hand letter of the scribes. Thus, there are
An’ Uncle bow’ his face An’ say so long a Blessing nen, Trip bark’ two time ‘fore it’s “A-men!” From A Defective Santa Claus by James Whitcomb Riley, with pictures by C.M. Relyea and Will Vawter (1904)
Image from Currier & Ives from the Springfield Museum via the crappy old book Currier & Ives Chronicles of America (1968). Bigfoodetc.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. I receive a small commission if you click and buy through this site. Doesn’t have to be this book! Click on the link and
All of the Currier & Ives lately have come by way of looking at this crappy old book, Currier & Ives Chronicles of America (1968), and then searching for the images online. Holy moly. $73 used at Amazon. Less than $10 in good condition at Bookfinder. Bigfoodetc.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC
Originally posted on December 10, 2018 TV Guide ran a special “Closeup” feature to announce the debut of A Charlie Brown Christmas in December 1965. From A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition, Lee Mendelson, Harper Resource, New York, 2000 (p.25). This is a wonderful book. Every home– with or without children– should have it on the shelf. The
There are nine human beings’ names among the books I got last week. All long gone long ago. But here they are on my desk. Years ago when digit went mainstream, and Amazon came on the scene to sell books (!) people started making the case for the end of dead tree books. I never
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