Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Valentines in the U.S.--It All Started Here!
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Time to re-post my annual V al entine's Day essay. I see th at in today's New York Times there i s...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Royal Brides Part II—Diana’s Tiara and Victoria’s Secret
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--> Last week I posted about Queen Victoria’s revolutionary wedding dress, which broke with tradition in 1840 by be...
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Thoughts on Turning 70--Seven Years Later
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(The photo shows my mother and myself in 1943) The wonderful thing about having a bad memory--as I do--is that I had completely fo...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Royal Brides Part 1--Victoria (and Diana and Kate)
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--> With Prince Harry’s engagement to American actress Meghan Markle set to climax in a wedding in St. George’s chapel at ...
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Colette—The Most Scandalous Woman in Paris
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When I first bought this set of five French postcards dating from fin de siècle Paris, I didn’t realize that on...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Obama Visits Greece and Nick Quotes Him the Bible
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Was it only last year that I posted this? Why does it seem like it happened so many years ago? Wonder if the current POTUS is as ...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
True Ghost Stories III --Kids, Animals & Monsters
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I n honor of Day of the Dead, I'm re-posting a summary of the scariest true ghost stories I received from over 100 readers'...
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