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My History Fix

the Fun Side of History!

BLOGS I FOLLOW

The Library would not be complete without a list of my regular online reading.  They aren’t all history-related, and they aren’t necessarily blogs, but they certainly inspire me and educate me, and often pique my curiosity.

A Blog About History

Antique Home & Style

Apartment Therapy

Brain Pickings

Chris Guillebeau

Circa. Where Old Houses Come to Play.

CultureGrrl

Curbed Detroit

Daily Worth

Danielle LaPorte

Design Seeds

Detroit Historical Society

Docomomo

Food Babe

The GAR Building Detroit

Hauspanther

The Henry Ford

Historic Boston Inc.

Historic New England

Kate Northrup

Maggie Whitely Designs

Marie Forleo

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Retro Renovation

Retronaut

Young House Love

 

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MAUVE: THE COLOR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

This story will prove the old saying “one thing leads to another” to be true…you never know where life will take you or what kind of impact one person or event can have! I am willing to bet … [Read More...]

MEN’S SUITS 1600-1989: AN EVOLUTION

Men’s suits are basically a uniform, right? Jacket, pants, shirt, tie…pretty basic. A uniform puts you in a frame of mind; you’re ready to go about your business, whatever it may be. In 2016, they can … [Read More...]

Wicked Witch of the West

WITCH HUNT! SALEM, MA 1692

In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I’d encourage you to take this short quiz to see if you would have been called-out as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts of 1692. ARE YOU A WITCH? Do follow … [Read More...]

Rosie the Riveter, for real

ROSIE THE RIVETER

I love the iconic “We Can Do It” poster—I bought a t-shirt of it back in the early 1990’s, and wore it until it fell apart! Come to find out, this graphic was not originally known as Rosie the … [Read More...]

CHRISTMAS PAST

There’s nothing like a voice from the past, so different from the way we speak today, and when that voice talks of Christmas, well, it’s just that much more charming! (And wordy, but that’s part of … [Read More...]

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