A Rolling Crone
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Real Ghost Stories and One Ghost Photo

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When I was writing a regular column for Country Living Magazine in the 1980’s, I asked, in November of 1983, “Tell us about the ghosts in ...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Reagan's White House Ghost Story

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President Reagan’s White House Ghost Story (I’m planning a three-part Halloween series of investigative blogging this weekend on the quest...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

A Royal Mistress at 16, A Cougar at 58

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The Story Behind the Photo: “Patsy” Cornwallis West. I can’t remember when or where I bought this photo (I must have paid a dollar for it) b...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Scary Skinny Airbrushed Models & Bratz Dolls

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You’ve probably seen the bizarre airbrushed photo of model Filippa Hamilton (above left) used in a Ralph Lauren ad that makes her look like...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Living to 104—A New Kind of Old Age

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The most respected medical journal in the world, The Lancet , published a paper earlier this month that predicted that at least half of all ...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Story behind the Photo: Elizabeth Keckley— First Black Woman in the White House

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On Sept. 27, I posted the story of Elizabeth Keckley , who was born a mixed-race slave in 1818 in a Virginia. (Her father was the ow...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

CRONE COMPLAINT: UGLY, LIFE-THREATENING SHOES

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Those shoes at the very top are not a joke. I ran across the photo while browsing through “News Photos of the Week” on the internet recentl...
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by Joan Gage
After 40 years as a journalist, I turned 60 and decided to return to my first love--painting. I’ve exhibited watercolors and photographs in Massachusetts and have a slide show of paintings below. My photo book “The Secret Life of Greek Cats” can be purchased by clicking on the cover below. I collect way too many things, but my great passion is antique photographs, from the earliest—daguerreotypes (circa 1840) up to 1900 (cabinet cards, tintypes.) I approach each one as a mystery to solve, and in unlocking their secrets have met some fascinating historic figures. For some of the stories, check the list of “The Story Behind the Photograph”. My husband Nick and I live in Grafton, MA and recently celebrated our 41st anniversary. We have 3 children, now amazing adults. And on Aug. 26, 2011, we greeted our first grandchild, AmalĂ­a-- world’s cutest baby. But this blog isn’t about grandparenting (although photos of the grandkid sneak in). As it says up top, it’s about travel, art, photography and life after sixty. And crone power.
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