I realize that I am not on the exact track of posting as I am suppose to be as far as this study is going but this is a research project and as I disc ......
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Starting to make Sense
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Meals in the 1950's
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Our Garden the Beginning of May
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Bar Soap for Dishes
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The diary of Edith and Fred, May and June
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Putting the Pieces Together
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Last Part, Keeping Home the Old Way Leona's Diary
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Keeping home the Old Way, Leona's Diary
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Old Fashioned Pear preserves
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Part Two Keeping home the Old Way, Leona's Diary
About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
May 7, 2019 Living Like the Past
I took a chance and got a very early start with planting this year. There was a lot of covering and uncovering but worth it because I just do no ......
May 7, 2019 Living Like the Past
Last posting on Edith's diary, we left off at the end of April. This is the link to the first posting if you need a refresher or have not read a ......
May 3, 2019 Living Like the Past
Here we are at part three of Leona's Diary. I have done two posts before this one, the first is January, February and March. The second post is April, ......
May 1, 2019 Living Like the Past
If we are tired of the way things are, we can find a better way, a more purposeful life. I have found what I was looking for by living like the past ......
May 1, 2019 Living Like the Past
Part two, if you did not read Jan, Feb and March of Leona's diary, go back here to read that first. https://gdonna.com/living-like-the-past/keeping-ho ......
April 30, 2019 Living Like the Past
This above is the real home of Leona, this is what it looks like now but imagine what it looked like in 1937.I am going to be late with the first of t ......
April 24, 2019 Living Like the Past
The Walking Iris is blooming. Tomorrow this bloom should be fully open. I love to watch the different stages of the flowers.It has been mostly dry rec ......
April 12, 2019 Living Like the Past
I reckon around about tomorrow the old cast iron pipe might be fixed.There has been an unseen problem under these drains. Seem like the old drain pipe ......
April 10, 2019 Living Like the Past
There is much to do most all year around here at our small place but spring is especially busy. Since our 2019 history project is to study the years 1 ......
April 3, 2019 Living Like the Past
Spring is such a beautiful time. We are enjoying our yard and frequent visitors and residents. After being indoors during winter we just want to hang ......
March 31, 2019 Living Like the Past
We continue the diary of Phoebe, April 1939Phoebe and William live in a three story adjoining home with the Griffiths living next door. Their sto ......
March 30, 2019 Living Like the Past
We now continue the diary of Theodore and Nellie. Theodore is the writer of this dairy and we started in January and have read January, February ......
March 30, 2019 Living Like the Past
We continue the Journal of Albert and Gladys, the year 1932. We have been following the monthly expenses and budget for this young couple with a ......
March 30, 2019 Living Like the Past
This post was done on August of 1915 about laundry, blueing and ironing like the past. I am bringing it forward to answer some questions and also sinc ......
March 30, 2019 Living Like the Past
Page two laundry the old fashioned way, see page one first, it is called Laundry the old fashioned way part one.You start with clean, wet and unfolded ......
March 30, 2019 Living Like the Past
Laundry the old fashioned way has three parts, this is part three and to see the first part go to Laundry the old fashioned way part one.Ironing the O ......
March 27, 2019 Living Like the Past
A home does not just happen by itself, it takes planning and work and the people that reside in the home need to take care of the home. To make a comf ......
March 20, 2019 Living Like the Past
It has been a very busy time here at our home. We have been working more outside due to the warm up.Most days lately I don't come back in until ......
March 12, 2019 Gardening and Composting
It is that time of year for planting so I am doing another garden post.Our backyard has been through so many transformations it makes my head spin. Th ......
March 9, 2019 Gardening and Composting
Time passes and things we do take time if we want to do it right. If we have a vision of something we want we can take steps towards achieving t ......
March 4, 2019 Living Like the Past
There has been a lot of concern for Charles and I after yesterday's deadly tornadoes in Southeast Alabama. Charles and I have no damage here.&nb ......
March 4, 2019 Living Like the Past
We return to the diary of Lena a school teacher that writes mostly about her activities after school and some about her school activities. Lena has a ......
March 1, 2019 Old Fashioned Organizing
It may seem that I am at my computer all the time lately with the many diary posts to keep up with. The diary posts are added research I share with yo ......
February 28, 2019 Living Like the Past
This is the Continued diary of Edith a newly widow in the year of 1924. Edith's husband was Fred and they lived on a dairy farm. They lived in J ......
February 28, 2019 Living Like the Past
We continue the diary of Theodore and Nellie, son Gene and daughter Eva. Gene is married and lives close by in another house. The family informa ......
February 25, 2019 Living Like the Past
It does not look like winter where I live but I know our family to the North have been having extreme weather. Either flooding or blizzards depending ......
February 25, 2019 Living Like the Past
We have seen the Expense journal of Albert and Gladys for January and February. Now we will move on to March since we will be in the Month of Ma ......
February 20, 2019 Living Like the Past
There are other things going on around the house other than scanning and typing out diaries and journals and organizing research information. We ......
February 18, 2019 Living Like the Past
Getting started on so many diaries may seem confusing but as we start learning who they are and their routines we will be learning history in a differ ......