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There's no legible postmark on this card, so I don't know which new year it celebrated, but it is addressed to Florence Williamson,...

Children flying a zeppelin festooned with pink forget-me-not garlands and giant four-leafed clovers--I think this is the strangest post-car...

Another card from Florence Williamson's album: Dec. 22, 1909, "Wish you Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. E.V."

Most of the time, I think a cat's-eye view of the world is an advantage, but with her chin six inches from the ground and the snow 30 i...

By mid-day on Saturday, we had hip-deep snow on the ground. Really pretty, provided you don't need to go out!

Postmark: St. Paul, MINN, 6 pm Nov. 19, 1910. Dear Florence, I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. Did you get my letter? What are you folk...

My work life has, the last few months, involved quite a bit of directory planning and index-making. I hadn't thought of it as an avenue ...

Have you noticed that every time I mention William T. Price on here, I fall silent for a long time afterwards? No? It's true. Because I...

For the last few months I've been scanning documents from the Pocahontas County Historical Society's archives. I'm still working...

Sometimes a blog can be a handy online filing cabinet for things like this: 50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills . It...

How to Teach Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel--This is chapter 3, "Schrodinger's Dog." It's wonderful. I can't t...

Our garden had mixed success this year, but one crop I was very pleased with was the Black Hungarian Peppers I ordered from Seed Savers E...

We're living in the new house now, still doing finish work, and still moving in, a little at a time. I don't have any interesting pr...

I've received a complaint from Pendleton County on lack of new house photo coverage. August was a busy month, but it turns out that newl...

I made three trips in three days to the big-box home improvement store in Lewisburg this week. I don't usually go to Lewisburg more tha...

I've painted the drywall with primer, and we've installed the ceramic tiles we'll use as a "hearth" for the wood stov...

The drywall is up now, and last week I painted it with primer. It has become hard to photograph progress now that all the walls are up and ...

A few weeks ago, Larry Ayers, of "Riverside Rambles" posted a link to Norman Blake's version of "Done Gone" . I sta...

I don't use Microsoft products myself, but I recently put together some training sessions on Excel spreadsheets. Here's the list of ...

Like other cats, Princess enjoys a new cardboard box. However, this puny box makes her look like another candidate for the Washington-based...