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Junktique Then & Now

Junktique Then & Now

by · March 3, 2022 · 0 comments · Uncategorized
Quotes To Live By

Quotes To Live By

Provide by Carol MacDougall   Don’t practice until you get it right.  Practice until you can’t get it wrong.           Alex Morgan Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.  Albert Einstein An arch consists of two weaknesses which leaning on each other become a strength. Leonardo […]

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What Is It? February 2022

What Is It? February 2022

We had two guesses for our February’s What Is it. Charles Kirkpatrick of Denver, Colorado says it seems like some sort of candelabra (or some kind of lamp) and Jacque Rutledge  of Northglenn, Colorado agrees, saying it is a lighting fixture. We weren’t sure ourselves but these answers seem to make sense to us. Our first thought was that maybe […]

by · January 31, 2022 · 0 comments · What Is It?
Those Fancy Valentines: A Gift from the Victorians

Those Fancy Valentines: A Gift from the Victorians

By Robert Reed   If you love me as I love you, Then you will be my sweetheart true. – verse from fancy, heart-shaped 19th century Valentine.    Giving valentines to those dear to us has been a practice for centuries but it was the Victorians that made them so wonderfully fancy.  During the 17th century both men and women […]

by · January 31, 2022 · 0 comments · Feature Article
American History

American History

February Anniversaries February 1 National Freedom Day (1865) February 2 Groundhog Day February 4 George Washington elected first President (1789) February 4 Founding the USO (1941) February 12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday February 14 Valentine’s Day February 21 President’s Day February 22 George Washington’s Birthday   “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in […]

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