Postcards – Page 29 – Blogsy Babbles

Frida Speshul

Once upon a time, there lived a man known to the world as Klarenc Wade Mak. He was born in Fairfield, Iowa in 1861 and was buried in Detroit, Michigan in 1930. Between those two dates, he practiced medicine and published books, sheet music, and (wait for it) postcards in St. Louis, Missouri. Continue reading “Frida Speshul”

Postcards from Tin Pan Alley

We considered in Friday’s column a few series of song postcards, and publishers who brought out lines of postcards devoted strictly to popular songs. Today, we are going to look at a few where the publisher just took a hit song and made a joke of it, knowing the audience would get the reference. Continue reading “Postcards from Tin Pan Alley”

Takin’ What They’re Givin’

I hear unemployment rates are down and businesses are dropping their Cobvid restrictions about having to work from home, so more people than ever are now joyfully springing from their beds on Monday morning to head off to work on a Monday morning. Hooray for not having to loaf around at home in pajamasContinue reading “Takin’ What They’re Givin’”

Sing Me a Song of Postal Significance

Ir has been a while since we took up the question of popular song. This is a subject which is a lot more fun in retrospect. If I say a little ditty from 2010 was popular, I must be challenged by people who tell me it was NOT a “pop song”, that it wasContinue reading “Sing Me a Song of Postal Significance”

Rabbit Hole Bread

All I wanted was the answer to one simple question. I thought it was going to be “This is another product of food corporations hiring Home Economics majors to make up recipes and dates to 1954”. Ah, that might have been possible in the LAST century. But now we have those Interwebs. ByContinue reading “Rabbit Hole Bread”

No Crime to Rhyme

I thought we might conclude our consideration of postcard poetry with the ever-popular miscellaneous section. There are always a few postcards which don’t fit in other categories (at least not in my inventory) but which are too good to allow to slide by. The item at the top of this column is, ofContinue reading “No Crime to Rhyme”

A Letter Is Better

There are those of you who are not going to understand a word of this column, But stick with me: I’ll explain. Once upon a time, younglings, we did not have the electronic communications devices of today. There were no computers, so email, texting, tweeting, social media sites, and all that was…no, wait. Continue reading “A Letter Is Better”

Moldy Miscellany

And here we are again, on another Monday, preparing to face the week. What is the one thing you need to be fully prepared? A good breakfast? Aspirin? A few red jellybeans? No, what we need is another old joke quiz? (If you knew the answer already, you are ready for both theContinue reading “Moldy Miscellany”

Hard Thinking

It is Monday, and time for another old joke quiz. The theme for this Monday is one which has perhaps changed its name with the new century. Once these were known as moron jokes, or dumbbell jokes, or some such. I prefer, as someone who has frequently decided to save time by washing theContinue reading “Hard Thinking”

GGA Rhyme Scheme

‘Tis Spring, or so they tell me. Living in the Midwest, we all know it isn’t REALLY Spring until we have put our winter coats away for the season…for the fourth time. (My personal record for winter coat wearing is June fifteenth, but they aren’t making summers the way they used to.) InContinue reading “GGA Rhyme Scheme”