Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
~Abraham Lincoln
Patriotic – Fourth of July/2024
Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
~Abraham Lincoln
I hope all my American friends had a happy, fun filled and safe fourth of July
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Thank you, Joanne. It was a busy four days. A wonderful time with a quick family dinner on the night of the Fourth.
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Throwback – Victoria magazines! – back when they were still a long, lovely read (Nancy Lindemeyer was the editor). I found the Fidget Pie/Victoria magazine recipe on your blog posted in 2015. And here I thought I was the only person who saved the old Victoria magazines! Lately in this Pacific NW heatwave and being outside actually dangerous I sat down in a/c tempered comfort and opened up the first of many storage boxes of Victoria magazines. I have them from the first (1987) through 2016. That was the year I finally gave up on expecting the new editor to provide the same quality of publication. Good run, yes? I had the same thought – go through, save what I love, recycle the rest. Um, that would be a no. Not letting those go. Looking back through those early issues it is easy (and sad) to see how life has changed and not, in my humble opinion, for the better. I even read the letters to the editor, and I look at the advertising. Everything tasteful, “soft” and even polite. Women’s fashions were classic, elegant, and most of all feminine (now those are things seldom found in fashion today). Throwaway chic had not been invented. Gardens, gardening, and flowers – treasured and featured in multipage spreads. The photography, breathtaking. The editorial subject matter, timeless. I realize the current editor who has been in that capacity for over half of the magazine’s longevity is only catering to more modern day readers. I guess that means that I, and others who loved and still love the kind of existence reflected in the early years of Victoria – well, we are quite simply anachronisms. And I don’t mind that anymore as I have little or no use for so-called “modern” life.
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I feel the same about Victoria Magazine. There was one model, so pretty, and I watched her for years wearing the loveliest of clothing and in beautiful settings. I like some of the Cottage magazines now, but the expense is outrageous. They cost as much as a paperback book.
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