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July 6, 2023

Let’s Walk on the Wild Side: Your Escort is Mother Goose!

Let’s Walk on the Wild Side: Your Escort is Mother Goose! Yes, let’s walk on the dark or maybe some gray side of literature. So may I introduce to you the one and only MOTHER...

June 29, 2023

Summertime and the Living is Easy: Summer Food in the South, is Unique!

Summertime and the Living is Easy: Summer Food in the South, is Unique! I guess as you have guessed it by now I am from Virginia. I have family all over the state of North...

June 22, 2023

The Hatpin: Deadliest Fashion Accessory In History!

The Hatpin: Deadliest Fashion Accessory In History! Let me start with you know from one of pervious Blogs I have a small antique hat collection. Well, one could simply not have a hat collection without...

June 15, 2023

You May Leave Your Hat On!

You May Leave Your Hat On! I have a secret obsession with HATS! Yes I have a small collection of antique hats, which I love! The first thing I do when I go to...

June 9, 2023

Green Is The Color of a Delicious Fried Green Tomato!

Green Is The Color of a Delicious Fried Green Tomato! My mother and both my grandmothers were obsessed with these delicious round crispy orbs of goodness. During tomato season you see Fried Green Tomatoes on...

June 2, 2023

John, Please, put that Pop Tart Back You Just Ate a Pack!

John, Please, put that Pop Tart Back You Just Ate a Pack! I have a 68 year old friend. He is obsessed with Pop Tarts. Yes, you read that correct Pop Tarts. This has...

May 25, 2023

Memorial Day: Let Summer Begin!

Memorial Day: Let Summer Begin! Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. A Little History, Please:...

May 19, 2023

The Potato Chips or Potato Crisp: No Matter Still Delicious!

The Potato Chips or Potato Crisp: No Matter Still Delicious! The credit for America’s greatest inventions is often a matter of controversy. The telephone: Alexander Graham Bell or Elisha Gray? The radio: Guglielmo Marconi or...

May 11, 2023

When You Wish Upon A Star: Wishes Do Come True!

When You Wish Upon A Star: Wishes Do Come True! People have been conditioned to make a wish. People make wishes on New Year’s Eve, on Christmas Day, and when blowing the candle on their...

May 5, 2023

Come and See Us Multiply: The Iris

Come and See Us Multiply: The Iris Let me star by say that Iris flowers were one of my Mother’s favorite flowers. She had a whole array of these flowers in the yard when I...