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They Don’t Make Marshmallows
The marshmallows one can find in the stores today bear no resemblance to those of yesteryear. Oh --- I know what you’re thinking. “The...
White Wool Stockings
Way back in the dark ages of the 1930’s, young girl children wore short ankle socks and sandals during late Spring and Summer months. Thei...
On Facing Death
A very short story to ponder: Two little old ladies, both in their 80s. Both have been suddenly stricken with a terminal illness. Each has b...
School Days – A Lesson Learn
Ca. 1937 – or so. My school years, grades K – 8, were spent in a dilapidated, crumbling, red-brick New York City Public School. And alt...
Christmas Memory 1935
We were married in 1933 and living in Brooklyn, CT. Our first child arrived about one year later. My husband worked in Mousup, CT in a Sand ...
Summer Camp, 1936
At the age of 9, I was sent to a boy’s camp in Raymond, Maine. It was an exciting experience. As a younger brother I wore a lot of hand-me...
Vacation Time
Kansas Dust Bowl – 1930s When we were children and vacation time was planned – it was a train trip to Kansas to visit family. My father ...
Things Are Not Like They Used
Margarine in plastic container with a yellow pill which when worked, made it look like Butter. Nylons or Silk Stockings that always had a se...
The Porch Swing
The Porch Swing Everyone who lived on West Willis in Perry, Iowa, had a large front porch. If you had a large front porch, you also had a ...
The Greatest Generation
The years I have experienced is called the “Greatest Generation”. When I was a child the Depression was upon us. My family was hit like...
Thanksgiving Memory
We always had the typical Thanksgiving dinner at our home in Iowa. However, this particular year Dad announced he was going pheasant hunting...
St. Patrick’s Day
It was St. Pat’s Day…., we had told our daughter that we would drive her to the NYC Airport early. It was a lovely day so we decided to...