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Pinball Wizard
My weekend working at Old World Wisconsin is over for this week. We’ve survived the brutal heat, although the beeswax candles in St. Peter’s did not…one suffered from heat exhaustion to the point that...
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Broadcast News
I was interviewed by a local news station on the 4th of July and asked about what it’s like to wear 19th century clothing in 106 degree heat. The interview lasted about 10 minutes, and I talked about...
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Steve’s on TV!
For NBC’s new show “Revolution”, Vince Vitrano reported from Old World Wisconsin on Living Without Power. My honey, Steve, teaches him how to split wood in the clip. Visit this link, go to Most...
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Earth Work…Trip Phase 5
After a delicious Sunday breakfast buffet and a quick photo walk in downtown Parkersburg, Steve and I headed back into Ohio toward the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Steve has always been...
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A Peace-lover’s War Hero
Veterans’ Day. A very forgettable holiday for me. If it weren’t for the bloggers who have mentioned it, I might have been altogether oblivious of its passing. I am unemployed at the moment, so no...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
Like Kermit says, it’s not easy being green. It’s not easy building green, either. My son has a degree in Construction Management and is interested in green design. He’s having a hard time finding...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture
This week’s prompt for the photo challenge is “Culture”: a broad topic, an umbrella under which humanity sits. I tend to spend more time with the artifacts of a culture than with big groups of people....
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Memorial Day: A ‘Hair’ Piece (part 1 of 2)
Close your eyes. Imagine someone who is near and dear to you. You have a picture of how they look in your memory, the sound of their voice, probably some associations with certain smells, and memories...
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Wordless Wednesday: Work Shoes
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
Oh, boy. What a theme for a museum geek! In case you’re new to this blog, let me tell you that I work at 2 museums, one being a living history museum featuring 60 historic buildings depicting 19th...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth
How did people in the northern land of Wisconsin stay warm through those hard winters in the 19th century, without electric blankets, natural gas furnaces or radiators? Wood fires, wool, fur and the...
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Irish Roots
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I woke up with Irish on my mind – soda bread and potatoes and cabbage soup and immigrants. As a costumed historic interpreter at Old World Wisconsin, I told the story of Mary...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Heritage
We head out today from Wisconsin toward Utah, where canyonlands beckon. Steve used to volunteer for the National Park Service at Wupatki National Monument helping with archaeological and...
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Happy Interdependence!
And under this costume is, of course, the corset. The Corset scillagrace We survived the festivities at Old World Wisconsin in 104 degree heat! I wore a very special costume that had only been worn...
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At Wounded Knee
The southern portion of Badlands National Park is jointly managed by the National Park and by the Oglala Lakota. The hope was that one day this section of the park would be the first Tribal National...
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Unique
Amy at The World Is A Book has traveled to many unique cultural sites around the world, and she challenges us to share something UNIQUE. Funny thing is, there are a lot of unique things that seem...
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
“The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you.” ― Amy Bloom “Memory believes before knowing remembers.” ― William Faulkner Thanks to Tina for her challenge...
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