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Sour Cream Jam Pie, A Versatile Vintage Recipe
Sour Cream Jam Pie, A Versatile Vintage Recipe

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. If you’ve ever thumbed through an old cookbook, you can’t help but notice the pie chapter. It goes on and on and on. And every old cookbook has a different assortment of pie recipes. I could spend the rest of my life trying the many ways to fill a…

Have a Vacation at Home, 1913
Have a Vacation at Home, 1913

Did you ever think about taking a vacation at home? Here is an article from 1913 with some recommendations. It’s time to think once more about vacation. What? Not going to take one this year? Can’t afford it? Times have been hard—you’ve had sickness these last months, and your pocketbook is about empty? But you need it, friend. How about…

A 1915 Woman’s Solitary Life on a Wyoming Ranch

What a brave young woman to live by herself in the wilderness on a Wyoming ranch! I wonder what circumstances brought about her solitary homemaking? This passage–a magazine interview–gives us a very small glimpse into what must have been a fascinating life. -Laurie A young woman in Wyoming writes: “This country is so different, so big, that the horizon alone…

Do You Appreciate Your Modern Servants?
Do You Appreciate Your Modern Servants?

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Wouldn’t you love to have a maid to help you keep your house? Someone to do all those random chores to free us up for those things that only we can do. We do have modern servants everywhere in our homes, helping to make our lives easier. We’re so…