Happy Birthday to Mom

Posts have been few and far between this month. I'm working diligently on a redesign of the web site and on some art for the shop. Given no unforeseen glitches, I aim to be ready by the end of June.

But I didn't want this Memorial Day to get by without remembering our Mom, whose birthday was today.  Gosh, she was a pretty woman. I very much see her smiling dimpled face in the faces of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mom in kindergarten. I love this photo so much i had a stencil made of it. 

I think this was a graduation picture. 

Mom at 24. 

Mom and me on Valentines Day going to Grandma's. 

The Sunday Papers:

They're souvenirs, not stuff!

"Souvenir. Even the word is beautiful. It has that gentle, whispery sound of memory brushing by...."











We now conclude our broadcast day.

"Remember when you had to wait for the TV to warm up before you could watch it?....eccentric pining for the primitive electric hiss and sputter of a 1960s childhood."

Row Your Boat.

If you haven't done this yet, do yourself an enormous favor. Read The Boys in the Boat.




http://youtu.be/n58w0BctOvs

   

An amazing true story that will make you feel SO good!

You want drama? Check. You want local, national, and world history? Check. You want a good story? Got it. But the best thing about this book is something my friend Ruth said about it: it is a tale about the human spirit. Something to lift you up in these days of grim happenings around the planet.

 Author talks about the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blb3k8VTsTM

Reminiscense

Our high school class (Class of 'That Many Years Ago?) meets again this year. Reposting a bit of nostalgia.

Like the abacus and slide rule....

These art supplies or the packages they came in are gone (or going) but not always forgotten..

Check out this web site for some fun. (Link at bottom)

...these photos from The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies.