Tag Archives: Vintage Advice

Vintage Advice: Bird Homes

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Hope

Birds at Home written by Marguerite Henry illustrated by Jacob Bates Abbott 1942 Strictly speaking, this isn’t a how-to or self-help book. But it does offer plenty of suggestions (some helpful, some not so much, read further…) about birds in … Continue reading →

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Vintage Advice: The Secret of Perfect Living

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Hope

The Secret of Perfect Living James T. Mangan Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1963 The subtitle really drew me in: How to set into motion tremendous “sleeping powers” that can bring you all the good things of life as if by magic. Confession: when … Continue reading →

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Vintage Advice: Pack-o-Fun

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Hope

Pack-o-Fun “The Only Scrap-Craft Magazine” May 1971 Publisher John M. Klapper, Park Ridge, Illinois I came across this magazine in my scrap drawer, which holds old calendar pages, magazines, photos, and other paper ephemera I cut up and use in … Continue reading →

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Vintage Advice: Dream Analysis!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Hope

10,000 Dreams Interpreted Gustavus Hindman Miller 1931, Hubbard Press Today in Vintage Advice…what your dreams mean…or not! Here’s a quick recap of the 40-page (!) introduction: There are three pure types of dreams: subjective, physical, and spiritual…The latter is always … Continue reading →

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