Centennials, Bicentennials, Tricentennials . . . I find them all very exciting. They jump start my imagination. Every day something happened exactly one hundred years ago or two hundred years ago or three hundred years ago or five hundred years ago or one thousand years ago.
It was 200 years ago today that Abraham Lincoln was born. I celebrated by attending a presentation by CSUEB Emeritus Professor Gerald Henig who discussed "Abraham Lincoln: An Uncommon Common Man." Professor Henig was my favorite history professor--I took three classes from him, including one on Lincoln. I graduated a long time ago, but today I left wanting to take some history courses and wondering how anyone could not love history.
Happy Birthday Abe. Thanks for everything. And Happy Birthday to you, too, Charles!
Anne of Green Gables (Canadian Television Production)
Antiques Roadshow (TV)
Anything My Cousin Florence Cooks
Apple Farm Inn in San Luis Obispo
Apple Hill
Apples - See My Apple Room Slideshow on the Right
Aprons - The Old-Fashioned Kind from the 30's, 40's, 50's
Avocados
Babies
Big Band Music
Big Cities
Bill Bryson
Boston
Breakfast for Dinner
Broadway Musicals
Bull Durham (Movie)
Calendars
California Gold Country
Casper's/Kasper's Hot Dogs
Chess Pie from Neldam's Bakery
Clotheslines
Clotted/Devonshire Cream
Coloring in Coloring Books
Corner Gas (TV)
Dill Pickles
Diner Memorabilia
Disneyland
Esther Williams & Van Johnson Movies
Fireworks
Flowers--White Geraniums, Roses of All Colors, Wildflowers, Pansies That Look Like Little Faces, Bougainvillea, Freesia--Is There a More Glorious Fragrance?
Formal Dining Rooms
Frasier (TV)
Garlic
Genealogy
George Strait
Gidget, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Gidget Goes to Rome (Movies)
Going to the Zoo
Gooey Cinnamon Rolls
Google
Gooseberry Patch
High Tea
Holidays--All of Them!
Honey & Lexie - Two Very Sweet Maltese
I Love Lucy (TV)
Jigsaw Puzzles
June Allyson & Van Johnson Movies
Kaspers/Caspers Hot Dogs
Magazines
Meet Me in St. Louis (Movie)
Movie Musicals
Movie Popcorn at the Movies
My Family
My Friends & I - Niles, California
My Mother's Macaroni Salad
New Orleans - At Least My Memories of It
Old Time Radio Comedy Shows - Especially Burns & Allen and Jack Benny
Olives - Especially My Newly Discovered Mezzetta Mediterranean Olive Antipasto
Polka Dots
Skylines
Small Towns
Snowmen
Sourdough Bread
Sunsets
Susan Branch
Susan Rios
Taking Pictures of Signs--Yes Signs
The 3 Thirties
The Andy Griffith Show (TV)
The Beatles
The Big Bang Theory (TV)
The Carousel of Progress - Formerly at Disneyland - If You Were a Fan, Check Out the Updated Version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKz6qdexetY
The Grand Canyon
The Oakland Museum White Elephant Sale
The Odd Couple (TV)
The Season of Autumn
The Way We Were (Movie)
Thomas McKnight
Top Chef (TV)
Traveling
TV Food Network - Especially The Barefoot Contessa; The Neeleys; Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives
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What identifies me? American. Italian-Swedish-German-Catholic American. Daughter. Native of Oakland. Baby Boomer! Graduate of Oakland Technical High School. History degree from Cal State Hayward. Sentimentalist. Looking for Mr. Right. Novice blogger. Author-in-Waiting. And last--but not least as anyone who knows me will tell you--packrat extraordinaire !!
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