With the onset of spring (inch of snow last Friday) we have been discussing postcard representations of romance. It is important to remember, however, that the course of true love runs never smooth. This is, in fact, the basis of a LOT of postcards, not to mention books, poems, plays, movies, soap operas, andContinue reading “Obstacle Course Love”
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Beating About The Bushes
A fantasy artist once submitted an amazing illustration showing a skull-headed demon glaring hungrily at the viewer from in front of a complex and twisted grove of obviously cursed trees. The editor loved the drawing, but said “You’re not fooling me, you know. You just wanted to draw those interesting trees and added theContinue reading “Beating About The Bushes”
Madnesses of the Month
Well, here it is spring and, ignoring a few random blizzards to kill the sprouting tulips, we are prepared for spring pursuits: basketball tournaments, baseball games, and, of course, what we are told our hearts turn lightly to even though we know very well we’ve been pondering it all winter. So I thought we’dContinue reading “Madnesses of the Month”
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?”
Time to Dress for Fall
Our last time out, we were discussing Summer Romance, a time of young love filled with deep devotion, true emotion, and anything else that rhymes. We showed pictures and sayings of reasonably young people in the throes of a romance on vacation, where one could be young, free (when Mom and dad weren’t watching)Continue reading “Time to Dress for Fall”
Those Summer Nights
In my boy-days, it was traditional (by which I mean it may have happened three or four years in a row) for school to start today. It was a benevolent system, really, of easing us back into the daily grind. Three days of school, then a three day weekend for Labor Day, four daysContinue reading “Those Summer Nights”
Foliage Fooliage
We have, hereintofore, considered the various locales favored y our ancestors at the turn of the last century when it came to romance. The people passing through the years 1900-1920 hand-in-hand (lip-to-lip, perhaps, but that’s really as far as the mails would let ‘em go) have been shown to enjoy the comforts of benches,Continue reading “Foliage Fooliage”
To Make a Long Story Short
We have examined, from time to time, the pleasure our postcard artists took in the infinite mixings and matchings of romance, but we have been primarily concerned with girth. The artists found other ways to express romance in inches. (Mind. Gutter. Please.) The tall, thin man and the short, round woman were veryContinue reading “To Make a Long Story Short”
All Purpose Vehicles
Mere months ago, we considered the postcard possibilities of canoodling in a Cadillac or fooling around in a Ford. We looked at a number of postcards chuckled at by our ancestors which dealt with the uses of an automobile for a little romance on the road, and the perils associated with it. That heroicContinue reading “All Purpose Vehicles”
Summer Seats
Well, we are well into summer now, so I suppose this would be a good time to discuss hammocks. Hammocks have a role of their own to play in the postcard world. Despite the occasional reference to hammocks used by those who go down to the sea in ships, and the occasional vacationer besetContinue reading “Summer Seats”
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