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    Vintage Book Review: Time of the Singing of Birds

    / April 21, 2025 / No Comments

    Today’s book review is for a vintage book in my collection: Time of the Singing of Birds by Grace Livingston Hill.

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  • Literary Pursuits

    Vintage Book Review: Beauty for Ashes

    / February 6, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Today’s book review is for a vintage book in my collection: Beauty for Ashes by Grace Livingston Hill. I read it in January as part of the Read Your Bookshelf challenge hosted by Chantel Reads All Day with the prompt “beauty.” Disclosure: This post includes Amazon affiliate links. The Kindle version of this book is currently only .99. My Review…

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    Route 66, Missouri: Part 2

    / September 3, 2023 / No Comments

    Today was Part 2 of our Route 66 adventure across Missouri west-to-east.

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    Route 66, Missouri: Part 1

    / September 2, 2023 / No Comments

    Exactly two years ago, we traversed the Illinois portion of historic Route 66 westbound from Chicago to St. Louis. We decided to cover the Kansas and Missouri sections this weekend, traveling eastbound.

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    Vintage New Year’s Radio Shows

    / December 28, 2022 / No Comments

    During this festive time of year, I enjoy listening to holiday episodes of some of my favorite old-time radio shows, particularly the comedies. It's fun to imagine how Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's might have been celebrated 50 or 75 years ago in America.

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    A Visit with Lum and Abner

    / June 17, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Our latest adventure was a weekend trip to Mena, Arkansas, for the Lum & Abner Art and Music Festival, with a side trip to Pine Ridge to visit the Jot 'Em Down Store.

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    Christmas 1971

    / December 9, 2021 / 2 Comments

    We'll be celebrating Christmas in Arkansas this year, in the house my grandparents were in the process of building 50 years ago. Christmas that year was one of best ones I remember. I was 6 years old.

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    Big Adventure: Day 21

    / September 3, 2021 / 1 Comment

    In which we continue to meander along Historic Route 66 in central Illinois with much quirkiness...

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    Big Adventure: Day 20

    / September 2, 2021 / No Comments

    In which we dawdle along America's Main Street...

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    Big Adventure: Day 18

    / August 31, 2021 / 3 Comments

    This was Lyle's favorite day of the trip so far. He has been looking forward to going to the RV Hall of Fame Museum in Elkhart, Indiana for a long time.

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