Tag: Toys

• Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ~Charles Dickens

  Adrienne Morris

  December 22, 2014

  Beautiful Images, Quotes

  Charles Dickens, Christmas, Family, Life, Photography, Quotes, Toys, Victorian Children, Writers

• Lead poisoning wasn’t the only thing children had to worry about . . .

  Adrienne Morris

  January 6, 2014

  Beautiful Images

  19th century, 19th Century Childhood, Art, Books, Children’s Clothing, Children’s Illustration, Dolls Coming To Life, Horror, Nightmares, Sleep, Toys

• GI Joe And Barbie Pondering The Meaning Of Life and Death/ Muses

  From the feminist perspective Barbie Dolls have been an easy example of unrealistic body image expectations, but as a writer I credit Barbie with the first real story lines I ever had. My young aunt went off to college and Europe, married a wimpy guy and half-forgot about her original Barbie collection so when my […]

  Adrienne Morris

  December 9, 2013

  Uncategorized

  Barbie, Books, Culture, dolls, games, GI Joe, Museum, Photo Essay, Toys, Writers, Writing