A Little of Old, a Little of New

Do you know how scary it is to take responsibility for publishing your own book? Well, let me tell you, for a first-timer, it’s pretty scary. I’m determined, though. So, one day soon, maybe Ned McNeil’s brand-new fourth mystery will be on Amazon. I hope. As I’m feeling sort of antsy, I’ve turned this morning […]

Water Waves and Freckle Creams

Water Waves and Freckle Creams

Come with me for a trip into history and delve into a 1921 issue of The Etude, Presser’s Musical Magazine. I’m not sure where I bought this magazine but it’s fascinating because it’s from a much different era of America. Woodrow Wilson was President that year; that is, until March 4 when Warren G. Harding […]

Wandering Into Wednesday

Wandering Into Wednesday

The coffee is hot. The honey bran muffins are just out of the oven. Sky is overcast, as if it may rain today. Will it? Weather is iffy. You can’t count on it, except you can count on it to be changeable. A couple of years ago, I bought a dilapidated Woman’s World, December 1918. […]

Confessions Served with Coffee

Confessions Served with Coffee

  They used to be on shelves in groceries stores: True Story, True Romance, etc., etc. I don’t see them there any more. AreĀ confession magazines (we called them Confessions) now a thing of the past, folded for lack of readership? When I was a pre-teen andĀ a young teenager, those magazines were taboo. My mother would […]