Fifty Dresses
Sewing classic fashions from mid-century patterns.
By Karen.
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Going Around in Circles
When I purchased this sateen, jacquard-woven fabric from Mendel Goldberg a couple of years ago, I wasn’t sure what it would eventually become. It had a wide repeat to the design (which is something to …
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American Age Fashion
The Clothing of Older American Women, 1900-now.
By Lynn Mally.
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Miss Grundy’s Evolution
My outstanding tipster, Davie Caro, alerted me to the Archie Comics character, Miss Grundy. An older teacher/administrator at Archie’s high school, she went through many changes in her long career. According to one chronicler of …
Pub History Project – Leicester
History and Beer.
By Barry Lount, Stephen Bunker.
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BULLS HEAD, 13 OXFORD STREET
First record we have is circa 1815, William Haddon was the victular. John Briggs, circa 1827 – 1846. The Bulls Head was up for auction in 1842, whilst John Briggs was in occupation. Thomas Sarson, …
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Sky River Dolls
By Vega.
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a man and his hoe
every chick deservers a mother.
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The Meaning of Life
This was a good spring for cherry blossoms. We had many sunny days when the trees were in bloom in April. On a day like that it’s easy to think the meaning of life is …
Keep Your Powder Dry
English Civil War wargaming, British Civil Wars, Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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Trees
It has been said of wargamers that they spend all their time painstakingly painting figures and then ignore the terrain. A trend that I feel is changing for the better with printed game mats and …
Notes from a Room
By Peter Holm Jensen.
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An astonishing life
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the urban prehistorian
the contemporary archaeology of prehistory.
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Lot 172
Me, tracing my fingers in and out of the coarse surface of cupmarks on a stone in the sun, with red paint marks on the rock beside me. Again. Not in Faifley, but Oslo. To …
Pike Blog
And barbel and chub and perch and carp and….
By Brian.
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One On, One Off!
After a dawn to dusk blank - not a run all day - I was back on the riverbank the next morning (dragged myself out). Fortunately three runs; perch (first of the season), a pike …
Denerstein Unleashed
Rocky Mountain Movies & Denver Movie Review.
By Robert Denerstein.
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Cousins on a heritage trip to Poland
Jesse Eisenberg directs himself and Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain, a movie about two cousins who take a heritage trip to Poland. The trip's planned culmination involves a visit to the house where the …
By Robert Denerstein, 613 words
Dan Leo
Dan Leo's goddam blog...
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"The Kiss"
The kiss happened, and Milford's brain exploded gently.To make matters worse, or better, Miss Alcott put her left hand (her right hand remained pressing against the back of his head) on Milford's right thigh, and …
cultural snow
Author of books about Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and The Noughties, plus odds and sods for The Guardian, Mojo, Time Out, Prospect, BBC, CNN and more.
By Tim Footman.
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About Bob Dylan
A currently popular model for online content is what I call “I went” journalism, in which a cultural product (a stage play, a theme park, a restaurant, you name it) is covered in the form …
Whatever
FURIOUSLY REASONABLE.
By John Scalzi.
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View From a Hotel Window, 11/15/24: Cincinnati
And in what is possibly a first for this series of photos: an ice rink! Because I guess it is that time of year, isn’t it. This is also the last hotel shot of the …
By John Scalzi, 107 words
Reclaiming Paradise
Tales from an organic gardener.
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Halloween
In the best of Reclaiming Paradise household traditions, I bring you this year’s Halloween carvings: The pumpkin is not from the garden but the Howgate Wonder apple and the Tigerella tomato are. I followed this …
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Critic After Dark
Filipino films, Hollywood, science fiction, fantasy, action, horror, comedy, French, Korean, Chinese, silent, DVD, streaming, other bizarre creatures.
By Noel Vera.
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Conclave (Edward Berger, 2024)
SuccessionEdward Berger's Conclave is more fun than the process of choosing a world leader has any right to be. Adapted from the novel by Robert Harris, it outlines the death of a pope, and the …
By Noel Vera, 1,035 words