I am not a philatelist. Rather, this is another in the ongoing series of incidental favorites, ripped from storage and thrown on the web. ...

I realize I have no tag or label for this post. Light research based on passing thoughts? Odd " thought clusters "? It was a passa...

About four years ago I visited the Breakers, the Vanderbilt “cottage” in Newport, RI. It was explained that in restoring the building severa...

I came across this striking photo, top, taken by Lewis Hine in 1912, on the sentimental, sweet and sharply addictive Shorpy: the 100-year-ol...

I'm stumbling over myself for quite a while, unable to compose a coherent post. A death in the family (and the long illness that led up ...

Verbatim Google searches that have led people to this blog: what is olfactory what is tyranny london's national treasures a red pillow ...

In a comment on a previous post of mine (" the vibrant line ") regarding fashion illustration (appreciation; death of) "Robin...

My mother has been going through old slides. "What do we do with all of these," she said, meaning the 20 or more antique-looking ...

Gladiator was on cable last week and I'd forgotten that Derek Jacobi featured so prominently in the movie. Jacobi is cemented in my mi...

: : : Stylish missives produce smiles upon the most snarling countenances : : : Tasteful designs of the highest order now available for ...

Top: April 13, 1929, Eduardo Garcia Benito; January 2007 ; 2nd row: March 1, 1949, Marcel Vertes; October 1, 1941, Carl Erickson; Decembe...

Another in the sporadic series of posts that both showcase some of my "collections" and offer the easy way out when concentratio...

I've begun to think that this blog is getting a too scattered . I've just been writing about things that I think about. period. Per...

used this image for one of their " Can you make this outfit into a ROOM " stories? Inane? Yes! But fun... I was lightly inspired b...

If I come across a particularly vivid old photograph, especially if it's a New York street scene, I find it thrilling--as though I'...

This isn't an actual photo of my old television, but almost: the rounded corners, the double- decker dials, the on/off/volume knob are ...

No, this is not some vow of self-abnegation. This is some time-honored peevish blogging! 1. deer heads It pains me to say because I'm pa...

I'm experiencing some unfortunate blogger technical difficulties so my 'special New Years post' is not ready for viewing. So he...

For a while now I've been mulling over the hollowness of "You"-- the purported prime mover in the consumer chain. Design your ...

While I gather my thoughts and work on the several posts sitting in the "draft" line I'll put up 3 cards from my Christmas col...