Archive for November, 2011
Editors Are Forecasting: Snakeskin
. Here’s our Rio Grande Rattler post from this September, complete with a brush up on some history!
Black Jack’s Crossing
Earlier in the season we did a post about General Black Jack Pershing. . Here’s the rest of the story: In January 1914, Gen. John Pershing was assigned to command the Army’s 8th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Bliss, Texas, responsible for security along the U.S.-Mexico border. . . Pancho Villa was banking on American support [...]
Our Junk Gypsies on HGTV!!
Our friends over at Junk Gypsy have a HUGE Sunday tomorrow! The pilot of their HGTV series will air at 7/6CST!! Check out THIS great article that DishTV did about the girls and their acclaimed series. . > Jolie and Amy have been Double D gals for years and have included a couple of Double [...]
Happy Thanksgiving and Many Blessings!
. . Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! . . .
Tomorrow is NATIONAL TIE ONE ON DAY!!
Here’s the latest press release for tomorrow’s National Tie One on Day! . . Contact: EllynAnne Geisel 719-545-5704 ellynanne@apronmemories.com www.apronmemories.com . PUEBLO, CO – National Tie One On Day™ Thanksgiving Out of a Can. When it came to opening a can and calling it cooking, my mother was the champ. And no meal lent itself [...]
Pancho & Sancho, Now
I shared a family re-memory last post of our “Pancho & Sancho” day. Well, “Pancho and Sancho” are now Sophomores and Juniors in high school and if you asked them, just plain STUD JOCKS! And just in case they should ever get too high on themselves, Audrey and I thought we should take ‘em back [...]
I’ll be “Sancho”, You be “Pancho”
There is a little Mexican village just across the Rio Grande from Lajitas called, Boquillas del Carmen. It’s not much, but people used to cross over from stateside Lajitas for an “exotic” dinner or festive shopping in the small, local market. Unfortunately after 911, the crossover ferry was shutdown, cutting off virtually all of its [...]
Carhartt Denim Heads
If you are a Denim Head and love vintage Carhartt, or even if you appreciate Victorian ephemera, you will squeal over this little morsel on the auction block. . Up for grabs is a Carhartt Overalls advertising poster ca. 1900s. It depicts an oilerman clad in his sturdy Carhartt overalls with the train and changing [...]
Feature: Apache Ski School
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National Tie One on Day!
Women clad in aprons have traditionally prepared the Thanksgiving meal,and it is within our historical linkage to share our bounty. – EllynAnne Geisel . . EllynAnne Geisel first tied on domestic armor in 1999, while writing an article about aprons and was struck by the history she knew must be woven into the fabric of [...]
