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Behind the Bar

Earlier this week, we considered the classic saloon, as portrayed vintage postcards. We considered particularly the swinging doors, the bar rail, the spittoon, and free lunch. And we allowed as how there was one feature we needed to consider in a blog, that indispensable dispenser, the bartender. The customer, of course, is theContinue reading “Behind the Bar”

The Postcard and the Saloon

We have several times in this space considered the actions of alcoholic beverages on the people seen on vintage postcards. This alcohol appears in many roles depending on the angle the artist has decided to take: the toast at a banquet, the beer keg in the cellar, those cans and bottles in the fridge,Continue reading “The Postcard and the Saloon”

Unsleeping Beauty: The Three Princes

That was a good year for fairies. News of how Sleeping Beauty’s christening had gone wrong spread far and wide, and the story of princess Dimity’s christening added to the buzz. Any king or queen with a new baby sent invitations to every fairy imaginable, come the christening. In one land, where the queenContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: The Three Princes”

The Unexpected Cow

In our last dissertation in this space, we considered the image of the placid milk cow, and how postcard artists revealed a darker side, showing rebelliousness of which city folk had never herd. (No, I will NOT apologize. You knew what blog this was when you clicked on it. This time, we willContinue reading “The Unexpected Cow”

Dairy Daily

We all have those days. Even if we LIKE our job, it can weigh down on our nerves and seem, suddenly, too much to ask of an intelligent being. Even I, marzipan meatloaf, who live the thrilling, glamorous life of a blogger, have been known to wish I had a simpler way of makingContinue reading “Dairy Daily”

Unsleeping Beauty: Dimity

When Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on the spindle and fell asleep, everyone else in the castle fell asleep, too. A thorny bush grew high all around the castle so that no one could get in except one very daring prince, a hundred years later. Now, the country could hardly run by itselfContinue reading “Unsleeping Beauty: Dimity”

Shins of Our Ancestors

There are those who yearn for the good old days. They give assorted reasons: prices were lower, people were more civil, there were not electronic devices beeping at us to tell us that a friend has uploaded another video of her performing bunny to TikTok. But there is a frequent refrain to all ofContinue reading “Shins of Our Ancestors”

That’s Today?

Yes, oh eager blogwatchers, today is Valentine’s Day: a day of romance and/or chocolate and/or jewelry and/or cigars and/or…has anybody done a checklist Valentine, offering the recipient a list of things they can wish for? I have the sentiment for the inside already: “All you’re going to GET is this card, but it doesn’tContinue reading “That’s Today?”

Screen Scrooges: And The End Of It All

Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city ever knew, or any other good old city,Continue reading “Screen Scrooges: And The End Of It All”

Busy Fishiness

Wedged as we are between the death of the last lingering New Year’s resolutions and the start of Lent, I meandered through a bit of James Branch Cabell, an author my grandfather read but tried to keep me from reading. His reputation for elegant naughtiness was well-deserved, and he would find no shortage ofContinue reading “Busy Fishiness”