Monday, August 25, 2014

Growing the Killer Tomato, Circa 1892

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The tomato-growing season is just about over in my garden.  And if indeed we are what we eat, I should be about ready to turn into a freshly...
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Eat Your Cereal, Young Lady

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Dorothy had saved about dozen magazines from her teen years during the 1940s.  When she sold her home and moved to a smaller place, I went t...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Part-Arabian Foal by Gladys Brown Edwards

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When I go to estate sales, I usually look for small ceramic animals I can add to my collection.  At a sale I attended last month, I spotted ...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Back to School with the Pee-Chee Folder

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School starts this week for a young man of my acquaintance who is entering the fifth grade.  If you are over a certain age, and you just rea...
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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Rare Bird: The Blackstone White-Breasted Nuthatch

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The estate sale at the little old house in Sierra Madre was, to say the least, highly anticipated.  People started lining up to get a nu...
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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Sugar Cookies from the Good and Easy Cookbook

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Some days, you just need to bake cookies.  This was one of those days, and the cookies were sugar cookies from a classic recipe in  Betty...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Road Trips Through Arizona, 1925

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When I was in high school, our history teacher was a guy named Marshall Trimble.  We all knew Mr. Trimble really loved Arizona history...