Monthly Archives: December 2021
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2021
Have a safe, socially distanced, Christmas.
CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA: PICK-UP STICKS
I got these for Christmas one year. http://www.skooldays.com/categories/toys/ty1056.htm
CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA: CLOCKWORK TOYS
Clockwork toys, also called tick-tock toys, wind-up toys, and mechanical toys were once a real childhood delight and still popular today. http://theantiquesalmanac.com/ticktocktoys.htm https://www.pbs.org/video/timeless-toys-wind-toys/
HISTORIC BAD IDEA: THE HASTINGS SHORTCUT
People who write guidebooks usually know what they’re talking about, but the author of The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California, didn’t. Back in the days when people were heading West in covered wagons, Lansford Hastings had only traversed part of the trail to California he touted as a shortcut through the Wasatch Mountains and […]
Time Travelling With Kids 