I know how busy Thanksgiving week can be, so I’ve been keeping these posts rather short this week. On this day that is traditionally one of America’s biggest Christmas shopping days, I’d like simply to share some historic photos related…
As you live your days with your children, you see the meals you need to cook. A woman and her child fix supper, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1939, photo by Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of the Library of Congress. You…
Mathew Brady was born in the Adirondack Mountains of New York in the early 1820s. His parents were Irish immigrants, and yes, his name is spelled with one t. When Brady was 16 years old, he moved to New York…
In July 2024, when we can order almost anything we need for everyday use by clicking buttons on an electronic device, I imagine that it is hard for children—and many adults, too—to appreciate the sweat and toil involved in making…
Yesterday I told you the story of Calvin Coolidge taking the oath of office from his own father in his father’s parlor in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Yesterday afternoon I found the first statement that Coolidge made about President Warren G.…
