Back to school was always an exciting time of year for me. I loved picking out new pencils and notebooks and getting new school shoes. Going back to see all of my friends and meeting my new teacher was so much fun. I always looked forward to starting a fresh new...
Hillary and her brother, with some not-so-giant pumpkins grown in their garden. Photo courtesy of author. One of my favorite things about summer vacation was always gardening. Sometime in May each year we would start sprouting pumpkins seeds in the house, and I knew...
The Tyche of Constantinople: a woman wearing a turreted crown with a Greek inscription mentioning her as “the flourishing beauty,” i.e. Constantinople.¬†600 until 550 CE. Louve Museum....
A young girl posing with her doll from the 1920s. http://www.dollinfo.com/childphotos2.htm When we think about girls in the 1920s, an image of a flapper with her bobbed hair and daring short skirt comes to mind. The flapper is an important part of history, as she...
The purchase of my first bra is not a happy memory. I remember being mortified when my mother proudly informed her friends of this momentous occasion. I had no desire to blossom into a young woman – boobs were for grownups Рa segment of...
