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Today — May 23, 2026
	I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Holly.  From Outdoor Visits by Patch & Howe and illustrated by George Richards, 1935. 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 . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Pumpkin seeds changed into pumpkins."  From Elementary Science by Grades Book Three by Ellis Persing and Elizabeth Peeples, 1928. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Following the links until you forget where you began is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon."  From Internet Magazine, 1995. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Puzzles and Games (permalink) From Chatterbox, 1911. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Puzzles and Games . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "A face looked back at me" -- a haunted painting from Harper's, 1894. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) An illustration by Mary Mapes Dodge for St. Nicholas magazine, 1907. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Old News (permalink) "This'll make you whistle."  From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1937. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Aesop: Five Centuries of Illustrated Fables, selected by John J. McKendry. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Hardin-Simmons University's 1977 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventures Among the Knitting People by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer, 1918. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

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

Old News (permalink) "Buried face down.  When exhumed the body was face upward."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1901. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Hurray!  We made it!"  From North Bay Teachers' College's 1968 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) From Together, 1962. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Goshen College's 1931 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "The first fear."  From Jack & Jill, a Fairy Story by Greville Macdonald and illustrated by Arthur Hughes, 1913. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Park College's 1926 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The New Comic Annual for 1831 by Thomas Hood, 1830. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .