Tag: United States History
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Do We Really Like Homemade Gifts At Christmas?
There’s always someone at Christmas who says the real spirit of the holidays is lost on shopping and killing each other in stampedes at the malls. I think if people continue to line up on Black Friday year after year, they must get some kick out of the near-death experience and warfare. I go to […]
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Death Becomes Her
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/fashion-of-mourning/2/ http://www.katetattersall.com/?p=1848
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Pink is for Boys; Blue is for Girls
LINK to article on history of gender specific children’s clothing: Death of gender neutral clothing
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Documenting Dead and Dying Buildings
If you LOVE the mix of melancholia and mystery that is abandoned buildings please visit this guy’s site! Delicious photos and histories–my favorite is the Bennett School for Girls.
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“Saratoga is the wickedest place in the United States.” Nellie Bly
Wicked maybe, but beautiful too. Oh, for the days of such wickedness! Before the CIA promoted ugly art causing president Truman once to remark, “If that’s art, then I’m a Hottentot.” Gambling was illegal when Mr. Morrissey, a tough prize-fighter from Troy rolled into Saratoga and set up his Gentlemen’s Club (aka casino). The […]
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Here’s Why the Met is a Treasure
“Seeking to assuage the sorrow brought on by the war and to heal the nation’s fractured spirit in its wake, painters turned away from martial and political content. Responding to the assertion of women’s responsibilities after the loss of so many men in combat, artists depicted them in new roles and grappled with issues surrounding […]
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Horse Power, Hurray?
To everyone driving today in your car feeling incredibly guilty for destroying the environment, let’s get some perspective. The automobile was once rightly hailed as an environmental savior. I think most horses if they could talk would agree. In movies the horse drawn carriage looks pretty romantic, but imagine living in a city with a […]
Author Adrienne Morris 