Industrial Revolution
Romanticism 1850-1920
Gilded Age 1865-1901
Reconstruction 1863/5-1877
Progressivism 1890-1920
Machine Age 1900-1945
Interwar (Interbellum) 1918-1937/9
Nothing I could say would make this video (full screen) any better.
Be patient, it's almost 15 minutes long and cut into 3 parts on the same video.
If you could be any age again for one week, what age would you be?
Vox spies on people. They must. How else would they have known to ask this question?
I just said SEVERAL TIMES over the past three days that I am getting my hair cut like I had it when I was 11 because I just turned 41 and want to recapture a piece of my youth. Plus long hair makes my face look long, not a good look for me....
Vox must have spies following everyone around or they read my computer or something because sometimes - man, these QotD hit right on the mark. Just last night my BFF told me how brave I was to get this cut and we had the discussion about being an age from the happy past of our childhoods.
Anyway, I've had my VERY CURLY hair cut short in the recent past, but not like this - I never fully made the commitment to SHORT. I had a fairly safe all one length, chin length bob. The day before yesterday I had her cut it to the hairline and give me thousands of layers, like the old Dorothy Hamill hair cut of my youth. It looks cute as cute can be. It's super short, sassy and saucy. I love it. It looks just like this picture of me at 11, except SHORTER....
As a bonus for my neighbors, here's the whole photo complete with hot soccer coach named Roman, plus a shot 20 some years later of the spot where the photo was taken - look how the trees have grown!...
I am still having hot flashes/night sweats.
No amount of Maca or Flax helps. It's maddening because for 2-3 months everything was fine - then BLAM! out of left field - they're baaaackkk.
Not giving up, I found a FOURTH kind of flax seeds I had not tried yet - SPROUTED Flax Seeds.
It's really ground down, almost like a powder - which makes it much easier to drink than bits and pieces that get stuck to the side of the glass. And the taste is very mild. I've taken it two days now and I noticed the past two nights my night sweats have slightly, but noticeably decreased.
Here's what Health From The Sun has to say about their product (emphasis mine):
With more absorbable omega-3, plus vitamins, minerals and enzymes not found in ordinary milled flax, Sprouted FiProFLAX is a PREMIUM flaxseed supplement for discerning consumers who want the most advanced, effective and most bioavailable nutritional products.
Other benefits of Sprouted Flax:
With Sprouted FiProFLAX, you take less and get more. Each 15g serving contains more omega-3, lignans and nutrients than a 15g serving of ordinary milled flaxseed. Plus, the naturally occurring vitamins that are released during the sprouting process give Sprouted FiProFLAX improved product stability and shelf life- no need for refrigeration or special vacuum-sealing.
Disclaimer: I have zero connection to Health From The Sun - other than buying their product for my own use.
Name: Lloyd Columbus ("Cowboy") Weaver.
Born: Texas, 1923.
Currently resides in: Van Zandt County (near Canton), Texas.
Family: Younger brother, Thomas Weaver.
Popular: Late 40s/early 50's to the Mid-70s.
Recorded for: Coral; Blue Bonnet Records, Free State Records.
TV Show: The Cowboy Weaver Show - Broadcast from the Sunset Ranch on KRLD-Dallas (Channel 11-Fort Worth on Saturday night) sometime between 1949 and 1970 but most likely in the 1960s. The show later moved to KTVT.
Back-up Band: Pals Of The Saddle.
Albums/EPs: Hillbilly Bop, Boogie, and the Honky Tonk Blues, Vol. 2.
Singles: Bottle After Bottle; Sandy - Son of Rudolph; One Wheel Draggin'; Steppin' Out (and Sneakin' In); I'll call the gospel song I found on DJ Irwin's WFMU Playlist (between minutes 3:15 and 6:50) - "Dusty Bible".
Influence: Ernest Tubb.
Of Interest: He always wore a really big hat; Lives/lived(?) with his brother in a motor home on the Family farm; A blog post I found (gracyland.blogspot) makes mention of a "Saturday Night Country Music Review being held in his (Weaver's) front yard and it was awful."; In the late 1990s, he ran into some trouble with the law (and it's none of my/our business...).
Memorabilia: Tracy Pitcox (of the HoTCMA) once found a sign from Cowboy Weaver's Sunset Ranch Show & Dance (Every Saturday Night) and it currently resides at the Heart of Texas Country Music Museum in Brady, Texas.
Sadly, unless I find more information this will be my last Cowboy Weaver post as I think I've found all of the pertinent information I am going to find on him.
What are the best historical (social, artistic and cultural, not political or textbook) websites to visit if I want to immerse myself in the world as it would have been for me if I had been born one hundred years ago?
Old photographs are the easiest thing to find. I visit Shorpy, Old-Picture.com, and the Old Picture of the Day blog regularly. I also have a bunch of the .gov type websites bookmarked, but please feel free to tell me where to find MORE snapshots of the past!
I have found old girl's series books from the turn of the century on some book lists and whole books on the blessing of a site - Gutenberg.org and, of course, at the Internet Archive (I don't care for Google books as I prefer a plain text file). But if I am missing an online library of old books to read online please tell me!
If you know where to find compiled research lists - like this one or this one - please mention it in the comments!
I am having a surprising amount of difficulty finding moving images/cinema. I do like the Edison films, and I visit the loc.gov sites (like this and this), but I WANT MORE! I thought the Internet Archive used to have tons of old films from the early 1900s but I can't find them now....
I haven't yet gotten into really specific areas like music or fashions yet, but if you have a favorite historical site relevant to the artistic pursuits of craft and ingenuity of the early 20th century, by all means SHARE THEM!
Pretty macabre, huh? But I am feeling wistful.
Wistful: Melancholia; full of yearning or longing; sad and thoughtful.
I never used to think of all
you'd sacrifice for everyone else
I never realized how high you climbed
I never learned my lessons
still you picked me up every time I fell
I want you to know how much I love you
I want you to know there's so much of you
in everything that I am
And I still believe you'll be here with me
in the spring but now it's wintertime
So I call you on the phone
you never made me feel alone
And I'll never ever say goodbye
Because in my mind you're always in my heart
always validated everything I felt
Never ever say goodbye
cause it's only time that's keeping us apart
I think the most amazing thing about you is
although you secularized your own identity in
deference to your husband and your children
and everyone around you for so long and
the last five years of your life you just completely
blossomed and emerged as your own person
I think that is so beautiful and I'm so lucky
to be there...
Did some things that made you cry
I never thought I'd live to see you die
I'll never say goodbye
Never down with superficial scenes
They'll never hook you up to their machines
Lived your life with so much dignity
you were always there for me
I'll never say goodbye
I forgot to mention that on Sunday, the day after I bought that copy of the Strawberry Girl, I went to the Goodwill to look for books and I found a really odd looking spoon.
It is old and heavy and it has engravings on the back that read "Williamsburg, Virginia", "Shirley" and "Hand-made".
So, I googled Shirley Williamsburg Virginia Slotted Spoon and got this result: Pewter Berry Sugar Spoon.
Of course, mine is tarnished, but it looks just like this one:
It just occurred to me late last night... Strawberry Girl = Berry Spoon! How ironic is that? I tried it out in the sugar dish last night, it's so cool how the sugar drifts down through the little holes and sprinkles. Maybe I'll call it the Sprinkle Spoon instead. Oh, and it retails for $38.00, I got mine for 49 cents.
Nothing may ever beat that time I got the $160 book
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski.
Adventure at Brackendale by Linda Peters. A British girls series book from 1971 (I haven't read it yet, perhaps it's like Nancy Drew?). Hardcover worth $10.
And Finn Family Moomintroll. I'm not even going to try to describe this third story in a series of British children's books (1966). Paperback worth $10.
From the site: ["This
edition was published with several small cover variations - the bar at
the bottom of the page was printed in three different colours."] - Mine has a GREEN STRIPE.
CANOE: Come on over; Alone; Now; Ok; Et Cetera...
I so remember this commercial! It's still one of my favorite scents, everyone thought I was a bit weird but I (a girl) used to wear it myself I loved it so much. Did you know that Canoe has been around since 1932!? I must say - I do NOT like what they did to the original logo. It's just not Canoe without the flags. What were they thinking!?
