It's Poetry Friday, and Kat Apel is hosting HERE at Kats Whiskers with a poem to read, then laugh, meow and bark. Thanks for hosting, Kat!
I've been organizing and cleaning out the last of Christmas things. This time, it's a paper bag full of past Christmas cards, some blank ones, address stickers, various holiday stickers and some old holiday quotes I like. Also, placed there last year from another box of old family papers, I added a group of newspaper clippings, all appearing to be from the Kansas City Star, 1948. I think they're from my maternal grandmother because of other things in the box. I found one lovely poem, not about the holiday itself, but about winter, which we in Denver had a big taste of this week! We had a very dry December, and this snow, while not a huge amount, felt truly heaven-sent. I posted on FB that I was positive the trees were dancing.
On the fronts and backs of these clippings were also ads, and you might like to see a few of those prices! Of course, salaries 77 years ago were much smaller, yet they are still surprising!
Enjoy!
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What treasures! I had to look too - for the picture books by Anobel Armour. Here is one; https://www.amazon.com/Little-Shepherd-Anobel-Armour/dp/B000AXE36E
ReplyDeleteAnd this link shows you some internal pages.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1649334819/little-shepherd-hardcover-january-1-1951
Thanks for the great search, Kat! I loved seeing the information about the books!
DeleteKat, I also love the Anobel Armour book you found.
DeleteSnow-storm tufted is fun and lovely. I liked visiting with your grandmother for a bit. The prices are amazing! What a fun time you must have had with that box of stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda, I so enjoyed looking through everything, probably did a long time ago, but now some were new to me again!
DeleteHey Linda, who is wonderful for such rich sharing - the delight of a winter scene poem *in a newspaper!* the ads & your idea of the winter trees dancing - I luv it all.
ReplyDelete*As a newspaper writer & editor in days past, I wish of course, they were flourishing as before & I wish they hadn't been so hasty to abandon publishing small poems. Maybe readers would have continued on...
WinterTime Wonders to You!
Anon. above is Bookseedstudio.Jan
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jan. I agree about the papers, have some good memories of a breakfast table with pages shared among the family, eating breakfast, saying things like "Look at this!"
DeleteWow, such fascinating finds – a dining room set for $189 (or $59.50 if you go modern – All Metal!). Hurricane lamps for $1.99. I love stumbling across pieces of history like this. Thank you for sharing, Linda!
ReplyDeleteLinda, it is pure delight to read the ads you shared from the past since I am a lover of ephemera. I have a cozy feeling from your post that shares life in winter. The poem was a wonderful small poem and your backyard in black and white reminds me of building an igloo with my sister and friends in our backyard. The amazing part is that we actually got the snow to stay together. Thanks for sharing the wonders of winter in an nostalgic way.
ReplyDeleteThat poem is a sensory delight Linda. Thank you for unearthing it and sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tracey, Carol, & Sarah! I'm glad you enjoyed what I shared. The winter poem feels just right for January, especially what I'm seeing on the news about this recent winter storm, & the prices will always amaze me!
ReplyDeleteI like that one, Linda! Old newspapers are fascinating. I have found all kinds of treasures (and some real doozies) while doing family research.
ReplyDeleteI also love the "Snowstorm-tufted in blue-white, charming and slows us down. Lovely poem Linda and fun to look at the old ads too. Hope you stay warm and cozy throughout the Colorado winter wonderland, thanks.
ReplyDeleteTime-travel on Poetry Friday! Linda, her grandmother, the curiously-spelled Anobel, furniture prices of 1948! (they didn't seem so low to me, proving that my sense of when I should have been born in this poem https://www.instagram.com/p/DEnEo95RXfm/ is correct.) Thank you, Linda. Ephemera. Think how much of it has gone up in flames this week--oh, I can barely bear it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan, Michelle, & Heidi. I love seeing what you all took from this post!
ReplyDeleteLinda, I'm glad you're gettins some snow in Denver! The trees were dancing! I love that sentiment and am sure they were! Did I mention to you that my eldest son moved to Fort Collins in August. He was excited to see the snow this week too - however small the amount. I'll be watching for "old" things when we clean out my Dad's home after he's gone - there's so much there to go through and we didn't want to do any more than we did after my mom died a couple of years ago when we were there on our recent visit. Seeing your things go out the door has to be extremely hard, so we just put it off for now. I hope you share what I find in the future. Thanks for the idea! Enjoy the snow!
ReplyDeleteYes, I do remember about your son, and I hope he's loving his new city! We really did need the moisture! I know it will be bittersweet when you do that cleaning, but finding old treasures can be heartwarming, too! Thanks for sharing!
DeleteWhat a treat to run across your grandmother's paper clippings! I like the singing wind making the branches chime. Enjoy the snow!
ReplyDeleteIt's always such fun to find treasures. Thanks for sharing yours with us!
ReplyDeleteI love looking at old newspapers. I recently went down a research rabbit hole of want ads from World War II. So interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tabatha, Rose, and Marcie. Wintertime is when much happens "inside" and brings some good things, right?
ReplyDeleteSuch a gift to find these notes and bits of history, Linda! I'm pretty sure I grew up in a kitchen with "All Metal!" table and chairs - lol. Enjoy the white!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Patricia! Yes, one of my grandmothers had one, too, with red vinyl-covered chairs - delightful!
DeleteHow fun to wander through the past with you, Linda! Thanks for this delight!
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, glad you enjoyed the trip! Thank you!
DeleteOooh, that chrome dinette set! I'm such a sucker for anything vintage, especially old books and magazines, because I find myself daydreaming about all the different people who held them, and the lives they might have led.
ReplyDeleteLOVE all of this Linda, thank you. And hard to believe our yards here in the South resemble the picture of yours! Or did til today, when the sun is warmer and melting some of the last hide-out patches of snow. Warm hugs from here!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jane & Robyn. I remember that my grandmother had one of those sets, and Robyn, hope you were able to stay in being cozy!
ReplyDeleteI've been doing some sifting, sorting, and pitching, too! I found a gem of a memory from my 40th birthday, and the diary I kept off and on in elementary school made it (once again) to the SAVE box!
ReplyDeleteI have an early one that I kept, Mary Lee, but the one from college was too private, just for me for reminiscing, then I shredded it. It is fun to read the earlier one! Thanks for sharing!
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