I was at the local swimming pool yesterday, as I am nearly every afternoon, and saw a young woman I tentatively identified as orthodox Jewish because of the headwrap: she was wearing what could have been a bathing costume from the 1890s: knee-length ruffled skirt with bloomer-like pants underneath, also knee-length, and sleeves to the elbow. She ( Read more... )

Reynard posted a photo and article about an elephant-hunting site in Mexico: Clovis culture people, hunting animals nobody knew existed here, with QUARTZ-CRYSTAL spear points! (or at least one.) I'll be thinking about that for a while ( Read more... )

My granny spent most of her childhood, from about age 10 to 16, in the Masonic Children's Home. She married my grandpa while still in her teens; he was from the Home too. She learned to sew in high school (Soldan High) and made all our clothes. She took care of me, my sister, and our five cousins for a good part of our childhoods, as well as our ( Read more... )

it should be fun: Switchback. Irish-American soul from Chicago. Nice guys, gorgeous vocal harmony and tight instrumental work ( Read more... )

It's been a while. I let myself get suckered into Facebook because, well, time. Laziness. It's easier to hit the "like" button than it is to actually say something back to people who've said something that deserves a response. And it's easier to just look at pictures than it is to read my friends' actual thoughts, unless they're one-liners.... ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I have posted anything properly; HI LJ!!Here's hoping that.... well, here's hoping. That seems to be an appropriate thing to say on New Year's Day ( Read more... )

My grandson, Gabe, aged 5, wanted a bath (he had covered himself in ballpoint ink and Magic Marker-- happens all the time)so I filled the tub, saw him into it, and the phone rang. I went down to answer it, had a brief conversation, began puttering around in the kitchen ( Read more... )

I found my cd of Stephen Foster songs this afternoon; it's a compilation of lots of different singers, each with a unique take on style, etc-- but the words are Foster's, minus the darky dialect. Amazing stuff: there's a song about cock-fighting, for example. The one that caught my ear, though; is called "Why No One to Love?" It takes a position ( Read more... )

Gabe, aged 4, is entertaining playmates Lucas, 5 and Caleb, 3 ( Read more... )

ahaha, Neal Caffrey is from St Louis. :D