Tag Archives: Postcards

MORE Holiday Needs

     Of course, I reckoned without the ingenuity of Madison Avenue.      Those of you who have read the last column in this space will be aware that I have so far failed utterly to find any conspiracy theories about Theodore Roosevelt.  It isn’t that he is not liable to accusations—no one whose name appearsContinue reading “MORE Holiday Needs”

You’d Scream, Too

     Ice cream should not be complicated.      I am not referring to the making of ice cream, as I might if I wrote a food blog.  I have wrestled with one of those handy dandy ice cream makers in the 1990s, which guaranteed endless delights, and succeeded only in making a flavorful slush.  NorContinue reading “You’d Scream, Too”

SANTA BLOGS XLII

Dear Santa Flops:      Oh you darling fat fraud, there is only one thing I really want from you this Christmas, and that is that you keep far away from my holiday gift list.  How am I supposed to train my relatives to give me useful things, like an online subscription to the Screaming StreamingContinue reading “SANTA BLOGS XLII”

Santa Blogs XLI

Dear Santa Blogs      I have always appreciated your advice on giving pre-owned objects as gifts, but as years go by, i find the wish lists of my grandchildren very difficult to translate.  One grandchild in particular gives me a lot of instructions which are awfully technical.  Are second-hand postcards at all appropriate for suchContinue reading “Santa Blogs XLI”

Larger Trivia Overdose

     Responses to my most recent column were evenly split, about half using the word “Scrooge” and the others using “Grinch.”  (There were a few other words which are new to me, but I got the general gist.)  It occurs to me that perhaps I was a little hard on those people who announce startlingContinue reading “Larger Trivia Overdose”

Airy Problems

     I know it’s not February, but you can always file this column and not read it until February (if then.)      Besides, I’m offering you a break from all those November articles which tell you that Benjamin Franklin suggested the turkey be made our national bird instead of the bald eagle.  This always hasContinue reading “Airy Problems”

Up In the Air So Blue

     Those who have been checking this space for a while will recall our study of the men on postcards who keep on rowing even when their partner makes it difficult.  Looking over the postcard world recently, I realized that we had left out another role for the hardworking, helpful male.      These are theContinue reading “Up In the Air So Blue”

Ladies of the Court

     I know you were yearning to see the next installment of my list of presidential conspiracies, but I didn’t plan to fill this space with that until we got through thirty or forty presidents.  Anyhow, I can’t quite get my head around the James Madison theory yet.  We’ll come back to the list nextContinue reading “Ladies of the Court”