by jlo | Dec 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
http://youtu.be/jCE25dtiPKk Here’s a very sparkly look at Christmas in the 1920s, both in the U.S. and in (I think) England. I particularly enjoyed the clip of Robert Benchley carving a turkey at the direction of an off-screen Jean Harlow. Nice to know some...
by jlo | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
From time to time I have acted on the stage–not professionally, but as an amateur. I enjoy it, especially performing comedy–I love to make people laugh! So I was intrigued by the following description of the theatrical life, found in a section called...
by jlo | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Who doesn’t love a hot bowl of tomato soup accompanied by a grilled cheese sandwich? That’s been the perfect cold-weather lunch since forever, it seems. But tomato soup in a cake? It does sound a little off-putting, but Tomato Soup Cake, dating from the...
by jlo | Dec 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hello, Sparklers, and welcome to today’s Charm School lesson, which is #2 in a series on how to be a sparkling conversationalist. Recently in Charm School we discussed vocal quality, or “how you say it.” Today we’re talking about the content....
by jlo | Dec 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
I had to smile while reading this description from 1962 of a woman employee’s effect on the workplace. Dr. Ashley Montagu wrote that female employees had a “great humanizing and civilizing influence” in “offices, factories and around conference...