Jazz Age Wednesdays 22 ― Pip Meets Tiny (Part 1)

Looking forward to the rest of this sweet story Teagan. Happy Valentine's Day.

Jazz Age Wednesdays 21 ― February Pondering

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Hi there, Sheiks and Shebas. It’s darb to see you back at Jazz Age Wednesdays. It feels like it’s been a long cold winter to me… and it’s only February.

Teagan’s Pondering

The research geek in me wanted to know how different I might have felt if I lived in the Roaring Twenties. How did they keep their frozen spirits up and generally cope with winter? Putting it into perspective, some preferences weren’t profoundly different from the present. I thought I’d provide you my pondering.

Snuggling with a pet is still a great idea. I can’t make out all the text on the cover, but much as we might, the folks in the 20s thought about spiffing up their “nests” with new decor. A new lampshade or an art map (maybe a map of warmer climes).

1926_Feb Modern Pricilla Girl Cat Modern Priscilla, February 1926

Even if you are a…

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Jazz Age Wednesdays 20 ― Pip and Holding On Part 2

Great finish Teagan. Worth the wait!

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

1923 Harold Lloyd Safety Last clock Harold Lloyd in Safety Last, 1923

Welcome back to Jazz Age Wednesdays. Last time I posted part-1 of a story I wrote because Hugh Roberts, of Hugh’s Views & News, asked me to participate in his new feature series. (Click here for Hugh’s post.)

Writing Process

Lately the real world has provided an over abundance of the “s” word. Take that anyway you want, but I meant stress. Stress drain. It leaves me depleted of… well everything. When that happens it’s extremely difficult for me to write, as this story proves. I spent two weeks of my writing time developing a simple short story. I finished it last week, but I didn’t manage to make it short enough for one post, but today we have the conclusion.

Pip and Holding On

Conclusion

City Hall Savannah 1920s Savannah, Georgia City Hall 1920

After parking the Model-T, I…

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Jazz Age Wednesdays 20 ― Pip and Holding On Part 1

Great break from my week, of course, I have to share it.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

1922_Saturday_Evening_Post Hey, Sheiks and Shebas! It’s pos-i-lutelydarb to see you at Jazz Age Wednesdays. I have something to share. When handsome, humorous, honorable, most huggable Hugh Roberts, of Hugh’s Views & News, asked me to participate in his new feature series, all I could say was, “And how!”

Here’s Hugh’s description of this feature: In this feature, I will be sharing snippets from my diary of 1988. We’ll also take a trip in Hugh’s Music Time machine to hear some songs from the 1980s which have been chosen by some specially invited guests. (Click here for that post.)

Writing Process

Writing a story is not as easy as you might think. Plus, I never can make things simple for myself… For Hugh’s feature and my favorite 80s song I wanted to pick something to which I could relate a new story from the…

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Jazz Age Wednesdays 19 ― Pip & Artie Meet Again – Part 3

Oh, that was a great ending!!

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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The New Year’s celebration is finally wrapping up, here at Jazz Age Wednesdays. Chris Graham, the Story Reading Ape! collaborated on a story with me that started here. I couldn’t resist keeping the tale going for a few episodes. However, today I present my conclusion.

Part-1 (here) began with Chris’ character, Artie — a genius time traveler chimpanzee determined to meet up with Pip again. In Part-2 (here) we left Artie and Mona being pursued by the police. Now, the conclusion.

Pip and Artie Meet Again

Part 3 — Conclusion

1920s Dance Party The Christmas tree still stood in the parlor corner. Granny and I had made the decorations for it. I frowned at the strings of popcorn, remembering how many times I stuck my finger with the needle when I made them.