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Part LIII - Higher Education and the Occult 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is a series about a book, Theory of the Leisure Class, written by American economist Thorstein Veblen and published in 1899. Chapter Fourteen is titled "The Higher Learning as an Expression of ...
Part LII – Decline of the Leisure Class 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is a series about a book, Theory of the Leisure Class, written by American economist Thorstein Veblen and published in 1899. Chapter Thirteen is titled "Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests...
Mom's Birthday 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
I sometimes (OK, often) wish I'd had more time to talk with Mom, time with a list of questions and a pen and paper or with a video camera. But then I remind myself that there never would have come a ...
Part LI - Emancipation from Privilege and Futility 9 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is a series about a book, Theory of the Leisure Class, written by American economist Thorstein Veblen and published in 1899. Chapter Thirteen is titled "Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests...
Charlotte's Christening 5 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
If baby pictures, vintage tea cups and chocolate dipped strawberries turn your stomach, look away now. Yesterday, Bill's granddaughter, Charlotte (aged 11 months) was christened at St. Michael's and ...
Part L - 'Assisting' the Lower Classes 2 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is a series about a book, Theory of the Leisure Class, written by American economist Thorstein Veblen and published in 1899. Chapter Thirteen is titled "Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests...
Part XLIX - A Kinder Society 26 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is a series about a book, Theory of the Leisure Class, written by American economist Thorstein Veblen and published in 1899. Chapter Thirteen is titled "Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests...
Bernard's Birthday 25 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
Funny how writing my 'remembering' posts pushes me to think about how well I knew some people in my family. There was much about my Uncle Bernard I never knew, after all he was nearly 40 years older ...
Part XLVIII - The End of Religion 19 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
This is a series about a book, Theory of the Leisure Class, written by American economist Thorstein Veblen and published in 1899. Chapter Twelve is titled Devout Observances. Veblen makes some more...
Sewing for a 1950's Tea Party 15 Jul 2013 | 06:08 pm
Our WI had its annual 'fayre' yesterday and the organising committee chose the theme of a 1950's tea party. For most of them, of course, this is quaint vintage stuff, vaguely reminiscent of their gra...
