[Susan Kimmel Wright] A Special Autumn Recipe

2 CommentsAuthor Posts, Crafts & Fun, Personal Stories, Susan Kimmel Wright, , , ,

“There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood…” Every week my fourth-grade teacher passed out our poetry sheets, printed in fragrant purple, from the mimeograph machine. Though I disliked memorization, many of the poems, like this one—”A Vagabond Song” by Bliss Carman—have stuck with me for years. I particularly loved the…

Read More

[Janalyn Voigt] Tasting History: Most Popular Cookie of the 1920s

1 CommentAuthor Posts, Crafts & Fun, Historical Sidenotes, Janalyn Voigt, , , , ,

The 1920s started as an era of prosperity and ended with the stock market crash that precipitated the Great Depression. This decade brought both Prohibition and repeal. Women gained the right to vote. Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, and other “lost generation” expatriate writers composed classic literature in Europe. Young women ditched corsets…

Read More

[Janalyn Voigt] The Most Popular Cookie of the 1890s | Tasting History Part 2

Author Posts, Crafts & Fun, Historical Sidenotes, Janalyn Voigt, , , ,

What do the following events have in common? Henry Ford invented the first viable motor car. The Yukon Territory drew 100,000 prospective miners in the Klondike Goldrush. John Muir persuaded Congress to designate Yosemite a national park. The United States annexed Hawaii. The suffragette movement began. So, what do these events have in common?  All occurred…

Read More