The Good Old Days, Wanderlust & Happy Thoughts

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

When Serving a King in America, You Should Serve Him American Food and Beer

When Franklin Roosevelt invited Great Britain's King George VI for a visit to the United States, the significance of the invitation did not go unnoticed. No reigning British Monarch had ever set foot on American soil, not even in colonial times. When King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Bad Hair Days Started When This Hellion Came onto the Scene

The smell was bad enough, but once you left those curlers in with that "magical potion" for too long, you were doomed to have a tight perm that needed to be trimmed for months. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Screw It, It Can't Hurt, and You Only Live Once

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Dressing Up the Meatloaf to Entertain the Company

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

Southern Appalachian Roots and Good Eat'n

Daddy would say, "We're eatin' high on the hog" when Mama fixed a fancy meal that consisted of meat, beans, vegetables, and biscuits. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 27, 2024

The Most beautiful Curve on A Woman's Body

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

An Old Time Favorite That I Used to Eat Weekly at the Club Where I Worked

Back in the mid-eighties, I worked at the officer and enlistment clubs in Fallon, Nevada, where I eventually met my husband, John. The French onion soup was one of the weekly soups of the day and a personal favorite of mine. I lived on this stuff. 😋 Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

I Was Mesmerized by This Show When I Was A Young Child

Like most young children, I was both an impressionable and gullible six-year-old. I believed in the tooth fairy, Santa Clause, the Easter bunny, and of course, Mister Ed. Hook, line, and sinker...I believed every word that came out of Mister Ed's mouth. The horse's real name was Bamboo Harvester aka... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 20, 2024

I Just Love Creativity That Brings a Smile to Everyone's Face

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Friday, January 19, 2024

Son of A Gun...Who Would Have Thunk It?

The general idea behind this phrase can be traced back to the days of sailing ships when the wives of sailors sometimes accompanied their husbands on long ocean voyages. As privacy was scarce aboard these ships, the story goes that if a woman gave birth during the voyage, the delivery would often... Sign in to see full entry.

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Our world is bursting with nostalgia, unexplained, beautiful, fascinating, and hidden situations and destinations. When it comes to the paranormal and ghosts, "for the believer no proof is necessary. For the skeptic, no proof is possible."

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