MONDAY MUSINGS: Things I learned with age [vintage pictures]

THINGS I LEARNED WITH AGE

Girl eating ice cream ca. 1920s (Library of Congress)

The older I get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for

Schoolchildren waiting in line to go to the movies, San Augustine, Texas, April 1939 (Russell Lee, Library of Congress)

Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled and some of the roads weren’t paved

Old woman in sunbonnet 1934 by photographer Doris Ulmann (Library of Congress)

Freedom of the press means no-iron clothes

Woman ironing in the kitchen ca. 1925 (Library of Congress)

An hour with a grandchild can cure any ailment and make you feel young again

Three-year-old child with her mother ca. 1900 – by Marjorie Westlake McWhorter (Alabama Department of Archives and History)

Ribbon of Love: A Novel of Colonial America – Inspired by true historical events, Mary and Henry Pattenden flee to America to escape religious persecution – Will a special gift from her parents provide all Mary needs to face life in a new world?

About Donna R Causey

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

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