by jlo | Aug 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Nat King Cole, whose real name was Nathaniel Adams Coles, was born in 1919 in Alabama and grew up in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, where his father was a Baptist minister and his mother, the church organist, taught him to play the keyboard. He...
by jlo | Aug 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
This is the weekend for end-of-summer clearance sales. Stores have been clearing out their summer inventory since July, so the selection might not be quite as great as a few weeks ago, but prices will be rock-bottom on those hot-weather items that are left. Of course...
by jlo | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
We’ve met Bettina before, from the 1917 book A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband, in which newlywed Bettina learns to cook and keep house for herself and her husband, Bob. In this excerpt, “Hello, Bettina; this is Bob. What are you having for dinner...
by jlo | Aug 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
If the price of gas or the demands on your time are keeping you close to home this summer, hop in the car and take a driving tour of your own area. “Why would I want to drive around and look at the same old stuff that I see every day?” you may ask. Because...
by jlo | Aug 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
When’s the last time you ate a meal that had been cooked over an open fire? If you don’t camp regularly, it’s probably been quite a while. As the weather cools, gathering around a campfire begins to sound more appealing, and having something special...
