From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — May 1, 2026
	Go Out in a Blaze of Glory (permalink) The Crafty Cowboy has honored Grave Mood Rings with paper dolls. Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Go Out in a Blaze of Glory . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Graphic Drawing Books, 1914. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Daily Mirror, 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Our Kings and Queens, 1889. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "When he attempts to do a whole family he is generally prostrated."  From The Saturday Evening Post, 1917. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Advanced Course in Homemaking by Maude Richman Calvert and Leila Bunce Smith, 1939. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Le Trésor des Jeunes Conteurs by J .E. Poirier, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

The Right Word (permalink) "Another new word—smog," but they don't have it in Dallas.  From Southern Methodist University's 1928 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Chandamama magazine, 1956. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Saint Mary's School's 1924 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "They didn't show."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1941. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) You can extract from alembic or jar From the physical basis of black coal Oil and ointment, wax and wine And the lovely colors called aniline You can make anything from a salve to a star If you only know how, from black coal tar. —Punch magazine, 1884 Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Earlam College's 1934 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley, 1885. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Number Stories Work-Book 1, by Findley, Studebaker & Knight, 1946. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Heidelberg College's 1956 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Children's Book, 1915. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From David Lipscomb College's 1927 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Alexandra Readers, Second Book by McIntyre, Dearness & Saul, 1908. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From St. Andrew's College Review, 1944. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .