What Do They Do In Baby-Land? Kitty, May 12, 2018 Have you ever wondered what they do in Baby-Land? Perhaps you have never heard of it. Maybe you even remember it! How wonderful is Baby-Land! Do you want to know more about it? Maybe you just need a memory jog. We see it in the faces of happy children every day…. Continue Reading
Antique Books A Word About Mistress McShuttle Kitty, May 8, 2018December 15, 2022 The other day I picked up a delightful antique nursery rhyme book. It’s Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes Complete. It is from the late 1800s-early 1900s. Reading it, I saw the Mistress McShuttle poem that we first spoke of here. Her mention is a little more than halfway down. You can also see… Continue Reading
Awaiting Aunt Matilda Kitty, March 25, 2018July 9, 2023 There is a lot of love in this short story that I wrote. It is from Aunt Kitty’s Storybook. Please Enjoy! Awaiting Aunt Matilda “Dolly! Oh, Dolly, get off the ground! You’ll spoil your new clothes!” It was Dolly’s mother scolding her from behind the screen door. She had her… Continue Reading
When We Had A Picnic Kitty, March 12, 2018December 22, 2018 Here is a fun little poem from Easy To Read Story Book, published by McLoughlin Brothers, Inc. It’s from the 20s, I believe, as there is no publishing date. I know it is at least 1920 because that is when they sold to Milton Bradley, and McLoughlin Brothers moved to… Continue Reading
Our Darlings Day 7: The Lost Jemima Anne :: The Frog’s Adventure :: The Plank Kitty, September 13, 2015December 22, 2018 The Lost Jemima Anne “That’s the very last stitch!” said Janie briskly, and she cut off the thread with a snap of her bright scissors. “Now, Jemima Anne, put on your new outdoor clothes and come up the hill with me and meet Daddy!” “My dear!” said Mummie, ” it… Continue Reading