Attempted Bloggery

Thank You, no. 63/200 Roz Chast Roz Chast's signature and the limitation Throughout these dozen years or so of attempted blogging, I ha...

It's Thanksgiving already? Time to find a turkey... George Booth The New Yorker, November 26, 1973 https://archives.newyorker.com/newyor...

Illustrator Tom Bloom writes to share a scan capturing a fine work of original illustration art by Mary Petty. It depicts a young woman en...

Turkey Day is upon us once again. This is my special time to give thanks and to offer my help by staying out of the kitchen. Helen E. Hokins...

Tom Bloom writes, sharing a scarce foreign entry in the Al Hirschfeld canon. He describes Danmarks Films-Serie as a movie industry book, p...

For those still looking for just the right Father's Day gift, Sleepy Jones offers men's pajamas decorated with twelve classic  New Y...

During the heyday of  TV Guide magazine , TV Jibes was a popular feature, consisting of television-themed cartoons created by some leading p...

Abel's Island , William Steig's  illustrated novel for young readers, is about a mouse marooned on an island. The book was published...

The elderberry is "the Englishman's grape" and can be used to make a rich, fruity wine. In Victorian era winters, hot elder wi...

Charles E. Martin The New Yorker, November 26, 1966 https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1966-11-26/flipbook/CV1/ I want to use today t...

What if the sitting president refuses to leave the White House when his term is up? This surprisingly topical question has already been aske...

Today Tom Bloom provides us with a scan of a first edition of The Lorax (1971), Dr. Seuss's influential children's book warning ...

Hendrik Willem Van Loon was a bestselling author who illustrated his own popular histories, most notably The Story of Mankind in 1921. He...