Feature image: Barney & Dolly Phillips, Chicago – 1930s.
Author: andurZen
Major B. P. Phillips, USMC
Christmas Time
“A Christmas Memory” is a short story by Truman Capote. Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in The Selected Writings of Truman Capote in 1963. It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since…
Matheny Family Crest
The surname Matheny was first found in Champagne, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Ardennes/Marne and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived… Continue reading Matheny Family Crest
Matheny
Mrs. Madison’s Ginger…
Dolly Madison’s recipe for Gingerbread with Powered Sugar. —The Kansas City Times, 2 Apr 1958, Wed, Page 55 George Washington’s recipe for Virginia-style eggnog. —The San Bernardino County Sun, 12 Dec 1983, Mon, Page 17
Martha Washington
Martha Washington’s Cake Recipe. —The News-Palladium, 30 Jun 1930, Mon, Page 3
Life is Peculiar
Bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic, far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky (also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way, outlandish, outré, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum [chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild…
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Blue Christmas
You’ll be doing alright With your Christmas of white But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas