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Screenings: The Good Earth (1937)

October 12th, 2013 · No Comments

The Good Earth, or How Paul Muni and Luise Rainer Conceived Three Chinese Children. The other special effects were pretty cool, too.

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Postcard: Enchanted Island (from 1933 Chicago World’s Fair book)

April 9th, 2012 · No Comments

This card pictures “Enchanted Island, glorified playground where parents may leave their children” at the 1933 World’s Fair held in Chicago, Illinois.

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Sacred Leaf Individuality

January 4th, 2011 · No Comments

She bundles the kids and sends them out to clean the yard. “Bag them one leaf at a time.” She’s just bought 23 minutes of sanity.

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Richard to Alice: 6 March 1945

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments

One of my buddies has a novel way of keeping up his correspondence. He boasts at least 6 letters a week to his wife. That’s all very well and good, but I don’t like the way he does it.

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Observant Perambulator Occupant

June 17th, 2010 · No Comments

She pauses the stroller, plucks a honeysuckle, and inhales the elixir from its antenna; her child makes a mental entry in his Journal of Human Activities.

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Christmas in film: Fanny and Alexander (1982)

December 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Uncle Carl knows a clever little trick with candles, and he’s going to show it to the children.

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Protected: Ida to Pat: 3 August 1944 (letter 2)

October 16th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Ida to Pat: 1 August 1944

October 12th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 20 July 1944 (letter 2)

September 30th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 2 July 1944

September 4th, 2009 · Comments Off on Protected: Pat to Ida: 2 July 1944

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Tags: Ida & Pat · politics