A.M. Casual for the Daytime, P.M. Sleek for Evening

(Click on the images to see the full-size versions.) Source: Modern Beauty Shop, January 1943

Christmas Girl

Christmas Tree Decorations

Stopping By Woods

A minor road from Leicestershire into Rutland crosses the Eye Brook and climbs in a series of twists and turns to the top of Kings Hill. On ...

What's the Ideal Fasting Insulin Level?

[2013 update.  I'm leaving this post up for informational purposes, but I think it's difficult to determine the "ideal" in...

Pink Christmas

Orange Christmas

Where's That Then? No 5

Your Unmitigated Traveller struggled through blizzards of snow and ice to bring you this morning's puzzle location. I wanted to show you...

Drene's Costume Coiffure of the Month: Winged Victory

(Click on images for full-size versions.) Source: American Hairdresser, November 1942

Preparing For Christmas

New Year Sparkle!

(Take advantage of the high res scans by clicking on the images and seeing the full-size version. That way, you can even read the text.) Sou...

Christmas Tree Decorations

Waiting for Christmas

Winter in the Forest

Christmas is Coming Soon

Snowflakes

Sheltering in place is a snap with the right know-how

“Warning! Seek shelter!” If you heard this message right now, would you be ready? While emergencies such as fires or hurricanes may call for...

Why this Maine CDC staffer got a nasal spray vaccine

I am a healthy 30-year-old, and I’ve never had a flu shot in my life. (Although I’ve complained to almost anyone who will listen that I had ...

Merry Christmas To You

The Nutcracker

Important updates on vaccine prioritization and recall

Maine CDC/DHHS Update on 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus December 17, 2009 Highlights Four deaths due to H1N1 have been reported, bringing the tot...

Preparing For Christmas

Waiting For Christmas

"Easy Look"

(Click on images to view higher-res scans.) Source: Dell 1000 Hints - Your Hairdo, January 1958

Christmas in the Forest

Where's That Then? No 4

A trickier one, maybe, and no buses to help everyone along. Perhap's the clue to narrowing it down a bit may lie in the brewery initials...

The Dirty Little Secret of the Diet-Heart Hypothesis

The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that saturated fat, and in some versions cholesterol, raises blood cholesterol and contributes to the ...

Christmas Decorations

Christmas Decorations

Waiting For Christmas

Christmas is Coming

Sharpen Up

Sometimes the most mundane things take on a curiously beautiful life of their own. Son the Youngest thrust my coloured pencils at me recentl...

Birds and Christmas

Waiting For Christmas

Sweet Christmas

Hard of hearing or deaf? Taking extra steps to be prepared can pay off

Disasters are difficult on everyone. But if you are hearing impaired or deaf , dealing with disasters can be overwhelming — a crisis that po...

Are you feminine?

(Click on image for a larger version.) Source: How to Find Your Man by Joe Bonomo, 1954

Making Christmas Cookies

Increased H1N1 vaccine in Maine; now is an excellent time to get vaccinated

Maine CDC/DHHS Update on 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus December 10, 2009 Highlights The H1N1 total vaccine supply in the state has doubled in ju...

ODSP Accountable? You Be the Judge. Read the Directives

Updates added below (highlighted with red) I read the Auditor General's Report with interest the other day, especially as it pertained t...

Preparing For Christmas

Christmas Decorations

Christmas Decorations

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