Posts about Holidays
Don’t Let Their Memory Fade
Eight years ago, my daughter Meg and I were in England in early November, and I took this picture of an elderly woman selling poppies in front of Bath Cathedral for Remembrance Day, what we call Veterans Day. We saw people selling these poppies everywhere, and we bought and wore them, too.
On Remembrance Day, November 11, we had just boarded a train in London when we heard the announcement that it was 11 AM, and that the country was now observing two minutes of silence. People on the train stopped what they were doing and remained still for two minutes…it was really quite a beautiful thing.
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Holidays, Photographs, Travel.
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Don’t Monkey With This Heart of Mine
Cardcow.com — I’ve been browsing through the vintage Valentine postcards on CardCow. I couldn’t resist posting this one, because when I was growing up, I loved anything with monkeys or chimps, especially if they were dressed up like this one, and because the dog looks an awful lot like my dog, Nina.
This classic card is the work of cartoonist Richard F. Outcault, who created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered the inventor of the modern comic strip.
Posted: February 7th, 2008 under Comics, Holidays, Postcards.
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