I had some thoughts about considering the role of pie un postcards of yore and easing into a discussion of my mother’s pie recipes. But pies serve only one real purpose in postcards (they are made to be stolen) and I must remind you that this is NOT a food blog. (The articles onContinue reading “No Place for Duckies”
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More side issues
A few years ago, I wasted considerable time trying to track down my mother’s recipe for macaroni and cheese. This was not because I do not know the recipe. I gave the recipe memorized, and for those of you who are interested in such things, I will discuss it farther along. I just wantedContinue reading “More side issues”
On With the Dough
It is Monday again, luckless mortals, and time to examine the world of really old jokes as I wrote them out in the last century Today’s excerpt from that book is about money, and what people do with it. I am not one to salute the wisdom of my own past self, whom IContinue reading “On With the Dough”
Side Issue
I had no idea frying potatoes was such a contentious proposition. Take your basic fried potato. Well, no, don’t. There IS no basic fried potato. To some people a fried potato is a bulky object, made up of a quarter of the potato, while other people snub these in favor of thinner slicing. Continue reading “Side Issue”
Laugh In Peace
If you cast your mind back to last Friday’s column (I know: you worked so hard to forget it, but be brave; this will be over soon) you will recall my hunt through my inventory of elderly postcards in quest of Halloween-related images. This was very nearly fruitless, but on the way, I did notieContinue reading “Laugh In Peace”
Assisting With Inquiries
For this episode in ancient joke identification, we move to the world of law and crime. For the purposes of keeping this on a calm and genteel level, we will NOT be going into hot button issues like, say, stealing jokes. J1.”Psst! Bud! Wanna buy a hot?” “A hot what?” “( Continue reading “Assisting With Inquiries”
Hollow Ween
In gladder, pre-pandemic times, I would be writing now about Halloween-type books. This was not as easy as it might sound, because Halloween, unlike Christmas, does not have a lot of traditional stories: the headless horseman being about the only literary character tro be found only at Halloween. Our propensity for scary movies year-round,Continue reading “Hollow Ween”
Still On the Line
Before we abandon the subject of clotheslines and their place in the lives of ages gone by, there is one more theme in postcards to be considered. It is a mysterious concept, and an elusive commodity nowadays, but SOME of our ancestors prized it highly. They called it “Privacy”. It is one ofContinue reading “Still On the Line”
Representative Humor
Once upon a time, of course, religion and politics were two things you didn’t discuss unless you were among friends, and sure of your audience. This was before the invention of social media Nowadays, unless you’re screaming your convictions each day, you are an unaware, unpatriotic, and probably unworthy of your account. ThisContinue reading “Representative Humor”
Online
Just in the interest of full disclosure, our ancestors did not consider sex and romance to be the only concepts associated with clotheslines. There were practical considerations as well. Our ancestors were a little more accustomed to the great outdoors than we are, and their towns and cities contained a good many moreContinue reading “Online”
Blogsy Babbles 