It is that time of year for planting so I am doing another garden post.Our backyard has been through so many transformations it makes my head spin. Th ......
About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
March 9, 2019 Gardening and Composting
Time passes and things we do take time if we want to do it right. If we have a vision of something we want we can take steps towards achieving t ......
March 4, 2019 Living Like the Past
There has been a lot of concern for Charles and I after yesterday's deadly tornadoes in Southeast Alabama. Charles and I have no damage here.&nb ......
March 4, 2019 Living Like the Past
We return to the diary of Lena a school teacher that writes mostly about her activities after school and some about her school activities. Lena has a ......
March 1, 2019 Old Fashioned Organizing
It may seem that I am at my computer all the time lately with the many diary posts to keep up with. The diary posts are added research I share with yo ......
February 28, 2019 Living Like the Past
This is the Continued diary of Edith a newly widow in the year of 1924. Edith's husband was Fred and they lived on a dairy farm. They lived in J ......
February 28, 2019 Living Like the Past
We continue the diary of Theodore and Nellie, son Gene and daughter Eva. Gene is married and lives close by in another house. The family informa ......
February 25, 2019 Living Like the Past
It does not look like winter where I live but I know our family to the North have been having extreme weather. Either flooding or blizzards depending ......
February 25, 2019 Living Like the Past
We have seen the Expense journal of Albert and Gladys for January and February. Now we will move on to March since we will be in the Month of Ma ......
February 20, 2019 Living Like the Past
There are other things going on around the house other than scanning and typing out diaries and journals and organizing research information. We ......
February 18, 2019 Living Like the Past
Getting started on so many diaries may seem confusing but as we start learning who they are and their routines we will be learning history in a differ ......
February 18, 2019 Living Like the Past
So far we have started reading the Journal of Albert and Gladys, the Diary of Theodore, the diary of Edith and the diary of Phoebe.This post, we conti ......
February 15, 2019 Living Like the Past
A snapdragon from the greenhouse makes the house feel like spring. I am happy to have them growing throughout the winter but I know they will be ......
February 12, 2019 Living Like the Past
This post is going to be long because this is two months entries of a diary since I did not get this out in January. This is a Diary of Edith and ......
February 12, 2019 Living Like the Past
The Camellias are beautiful this time of year, one of our winter blooming shrubs.We got the clothesline moved just in time so the sunshine could dry t ......
February 6, 2019 Living Like the Past
I am hoping this will be easier to read the way I have done the diary this time. This is the diary of Theodore and Nellie 1905 that we read last ......
February 5, 2019 Living Like the Past
I have done a lot of thinking lately about the things we have learned researching back in time. I keep wondering about if things were as difficu ......
February 1, 2019 Living Like the Past
Here we are back to visiting the budget and spending journal of Albert and Gladys. This is for the month of February, the year is 1932. Al ......
January 29, 2019 Cooking from Scratch
First off I want to tell you about our surprise visit of a Baltimore Orioles. The Cardinals have been all around lately but a bright orange color caug ......
January 26, 2019 Living Like the Past
I have taken a few days to work through new information from all the research work. This years study is so very different and I will see if I can find ......
January 22, 2019 Living Like the Past
The oldest journal we have I started wrapping it in flannel to keep it protected. The research is going good but it is taking me awhile to get i ......
January 16, 2019 Living Like the Past
So how are we meshing with Now and the Past? The more I research the more I try to resemble how they did things but it is difficult when tod ......
January 14, 2019 Living Like the Past
Wash was always done on Monday period. In a very special situation it was acceptable to wash on Tuesday.Clothes washing has been a very intere ......
January 11, 2019 Old Fashioned Organizing
Long ago, just because something was invented did not mean everyone ran out and got one. It took years for people to become what we would think as mod ......
January 9, 2019 Living Like the Past
We talked about the dish scraper last post and now about the soap shaker or soap saver depending on when we are talking. I used to run water ove ......
January 8, 2019 Living Like the Past
To understand more I started researching around 1880 to 1900, then 1900 to 1920, then 1920 to 1940. These are some of what I found interesting.I ......
January 8, 2019 Old Fashioned Organizing
I have been trying to tweak some things with my blog. One I already announced a few weeks ago that I now have a mailing address for this blog.&n ......
January 4, 2019 Living Like the Past
I hope you all had a safe New Years. Photo above is our New Years Day Meal. Charles and I are starting our first week deep into our journals.&nbs ......
December 31, 2018 Living Like the Past
Charles and I have started a new study. We are moving further back in time. We are changing things up a bit and instead of studying one ye ......