From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — May 26, 2026
	Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From On We Go by McKee et al., 1949. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

The Right Word (permalink) From Basic Goals in Spelling 7 by Kottmeyer & Ware, 1960. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Daily Mirror, 1915.  See The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

The Right Word (permalink) "I saw the angelic guards from earth ascend, grieved they must now no longer man attend."  From Manual and Diagrams to Accompany Metcalf's Grammars by Carl Garrison, 1901. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Wee Wisdom, 1944. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Home Words for Heart & Hearth by Charles Bullock, 1899. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "This space is now empty.  It could be yours.  The age of pain has passed."  From The Gateway, 1992. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) The edition on the right lost two of the stars of its constellation (sad).  From A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra, 2013.  Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

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

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Read the conditions, contrast home and happiness with death."  From Ohio University's 1914 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) The hidden rat is discovered.  From Chatterbox, 1886. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Winthrop University's 1910 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "It will never be 1896 — or 1969 — again."  From The Improvement Era, 1969. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Elon College's 1966 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Eve's Daughters, illustrated by Arthur Learned, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Heidelberg University's 1923 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Thirteen-fourteenths gives a bow.  From The Book of Betty Barber by Maggie Browne and illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1914. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the Carnegie Institute of Technology's 1920 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From KPFA Folio, 1968. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Strange Dreams (permalink) "A dream of dancing on a grave."  From Zolar's Book of Dreams, Numbers, and Lucky Days. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Strange Dreams . . .