If the American Bacon above isn’t for you, then perhaps this is more your alley: a collection of Fourth of July covers of The Saturday Evening Post throughout the decades: Link Happy Fourth of July, everyone!
In my post, Toward An Equine Bill of Rights, I asked if anyone had thoughts on what might comprise an acceptable enough standard of horse care to be called an Equine Bill of Rights. Either no one read it, no one thought it was worth commenting on, or no one had any ideas. In lieu of interpreting sil ...
The town of Kenebunk, Maine is excited to welcome all things Norman Rockwell this next weekend. The theatrical production company, Art of the Play, which is headquartered in Kenebunk, has decided to host their first ever celebration of the artist’s work. The event will include six, 15 minute plays c ...
Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Fear, The Saturday Evening Post, February 20, 1943. Have you ever craved a blessing so much obsessively that you actually became stuck there? (HT: http://chawedrosin.wordpress.com ) Posted in Art, fear Tagged: Norman Rockwell
My friend Carolyn shared these fantastic ideas for ways to teach your children to love their country. See her information below: Going on the premise that what makes our country so great is our freedoms and service to our fellowman . . . Print the Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell off the Internet; e ...
From Brian Lane Winfield Moore, inspirational updates of classic war posters– propaganda for the new millennium! See Norman Rockwell’s original here… and see Brian’s full set here. As we feel the stirrings of a sense of duty, we might recall that on this date in 1941, NBC broadcast the first TV comm ...
Cai Guo-Qiang, Closing Rainbow: Fireworks Project for the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games . Courtesy www.caiguoqiang.com . So you want to get into the July Fourth spirit, but as a sophisticated Manual of Style reader you find patriotic fervor slightly gauche. What to do? Well, you ...
Hubby and I went to numerous rummage sales today. It had rained a lot overnight and we were concerned that they would not be open, but as luck would have it, every one was set up and ready. One of the sales we got to was actually an Estate Sale and the lady had a large grouping of collector’s plates ...
we went to a womens shelter to serve lunch and explore the caregiver pathway, but unfortunately we arrived too late to help out. we did get a tour of the facility and were able to talk to a couple of the women and learn what they do and how they serve the needy in downtown la. after leaving there, w ...
Dads have shown their love in different ways down through the generations. The dad’s role in the family keeps evolving. A Boomer dad is quite different than a Great Generation dad and a Generation X or Generation Y dad is different then there own dad and granddad. But while we, and the media focus o ...