History is Elementary

When I was in high school there was a girl a couple of years older than me who wore pink every chance she got. We were required to wear school uniforms, but had the choice of adding jewelry and scarves in order to feed the need to be unique and different. I threw my identity out for others to see … [Read more...]

Sometimes all a woman needs to complete an outfit is a carefully selected pin. My mother had several. I’ve pictured a few of them here. Your mom probably had several as well. It is believed that English women began wearing pins after they were introduced by Catherine Howard, one the many … [Read more...]

I love this Norman Rockwell image. Many consider it to be the quintessential Thanksgiving image. Did you know it was inspired by a State of the Union address given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? In January, 1941, President Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address which is often … [Read more...]

When I was a little girl my mother always shopped for the weeks groceries at the same location – the Kroger grocery store located in the Jamestown Shopping Center in College Park, Georgia. Mother was a slow and methodical shopper and inevitably she’d see someone she knew and would stand in the … [Read more...]