Thursday, March 12, 2009

Christmas 1921: Fred & Myrtle's Scrapbook

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For Christmas in 1921, Myrtle Eckert of Skykomish, Washington, wanted to give her eldest son Fred something special. Born in 1896 or 1897, ...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Very Moving Poetry

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If Corn Flakes and Michael Phelps are concerned with ingesting and inhaling (see "What's in Your Bowl Today?" ), then what of ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Bob the Bunny

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Check out this cute little crafty project offered to the public by The Spool Cotton Company in 1930. One in a series of six barnyard friend...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

What's in Your Bowl Today?: The Poetry of Michael Phelps

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It's perhaps a little unfair of Poetry & Popular Culture to bring up the topic of gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps so soon after h...
Monday, February 16, 2009

At the Foxhead On Election Night

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Design & Print by Sarah McCoy "At the Foxhead on Election Night" originally appeared in The Press-Citizen on November 7, 2008...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

U.K. Milkman Delivered Pot with Bottles of Milk

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Appeared in The Press-Citizen February 13, 2009 If I weren’t such a well-known prima donna, and if I were less timid than a mouse, I’d call...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Guest Posting: On Flappers and Mother Goose

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Just in time for Valentine's Day, Poetry & Popular Culture correspondent Catherine Keyser writes in about lingerie, nursery rhymes,...
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