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Today — May 5, 2026
	Presumptive Conundrums (permalink) Here's today's bushel basket of apples counting unpicked fruit.  From Mathways 2 by Bates, Morham, Seim & Drake, 1974. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Presumptive Conundrums . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Western Comrade, 1913. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Daily Mirror, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1923. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) From The Children's Newspaper, 1924. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Boyd Smith Mother Goose, 1920. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "I was in the ever-lasting pits of hell."  From Dark Shadows episode 882. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Images Moving Through Time (permalink) From First Lessons in Nature Study by Edith Patch and illustrated by Robert Sim, 1926. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Images Moving Through Time . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Creatures of the Sea, Being the Life Stories of Some Sea Birds, Beasts, and Fishes by Frank Bullen, 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) '"I'll make-believe I am happy,' said the scarecrow."  From We Can Read Magic and Make-Believe by Gerrard & McInnes, 1964. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "Boys & girls find Arcadia even in 1953."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1953. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Adventure, 1935. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Wake Forest College's 1919 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "The doodlewinkle bug may be worth your while."  From The [Thornton] Courier, 1961. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Salem College's 1968 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Adventures of Akbar by Flora Annie Steel and illustrated by Byam Shaw, 1913. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Centenary College's 1990 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "I like cold water."  From Toys At Play by Ketchum & Rice and illustrated by Hart, 1932. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) As we noted previously, we've seen figures cut out of photographs, but too often we forget that the cutout reveals the figures "light body" that continues to thoughtfully dwell in the scene.  From Armour Institute of Technology's 1928 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Dryshod warnings which are never heeded."  From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1902. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .