LIFE & TIMES

LISTERINE CIGARETTES "Listerine will kill 200,000,000 germs in fifteen seconds. Smoke these cigarettes and avoid colds." ~Tampa Tribune- November 8, 1930 With the harnessing of electricity & the implementation of mass production came consumerism. Wages were...

A $14 billion dollar a year industry, the history of Valentine’s Day is both sweet & rather scary. It has long been a wonderful holiday for me. I can remember the Valentines that we shared in grade school, the sweet, beaming 50’s children & the corny rhymes....

I have included 2 sets of videos on beauty & fashion in the early 1900's because each presenter tells the stories in her own unique manner. Although I was somehow born (in 1949) having great familiarity with what people wore in the 1910's through the 30's, I was...

“The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.” ~Susan B. Anthony, leader in the United states Women's Suffrage Movent My mama raised me right. Even lacking such a...

Architecture is one of the most important reflections of happenings, places & cultures of the world now, the world 100 years ago, the world 1,000 years ago. Our built environment broadcasts the news of all aspects of our culture- the technology, the natural &...

“History has remembered the kings & warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.” ~William Morris In school we all learn about the leaders & the soldiers who have profoundly affected world & national events. Art is...

My mama raised me right. She taught me about the suffrage movement when I was very small. Well before I went to school, Susan B. Anthony, champion of temperance, abolition, labor rights & equal pay for equal work was a familiar hero to me & even as a child, I...

I love watching old Christmas movies to celebrate the day. They somehow minimize the disappointment of opening all my gifts & discovering once more that there is no time machine under the tree. These old films are the most efficient way I know of taking a trip...