I first heard this song while playing Song Pop, my favorite music trivia game. I really love it, and can't believe I never encountered it before. "Love Land" was released in 1970 by Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. This song reached #16 on the Billboard record chart in 1970. Charles Wright hails from Clarksdale, Mississippi. He is a former doo wop singer who sang with the Twilighters, the Shields, the Turks, and the Gallahads. He started his own band in 1962, and over the years the changing band incarnation included many singers and musicians, including Daryl Dragon (The Captain and Tennille). This is really such a great song! If I was a music supervisor for a movie or tv show (one of my dream jobs), I would find ways to use this song over and over again. It would be great on a show like Scandal, which utilizes retro soul music so well. Have you heard this song before? If not, do you like it? I'd love to hear from you in the comments, below.
Book Synopsis Give a child a cardboard box and his imagination will turn it into anything but!
Today, it is less common to see children playing in the streets, especially in urban areas. The plethora of ready-made toys should make any child happy. What usually happens is that the box the toy came in becomes the toy!
This book documents children at play (and at times at work) from 10 different countries. A child's ingenuity never ceases to amaze me and I hope you will share these images with your children as well.
Author Bio Debra Schoenberger aka #girl with camera "My dad always carried a camera under the seat of his car and was constantly taking pictures. I think that his example, together with pouring over National Geographic magazines as a child fuelled my curiosity for the world around me.
I am a documentary photographer and street photography is my passion. Some of my images have been chosen by National Geographic as editor's favourites and are on display in the National Geographic museum in Washington, DC. I also have an off-kilter sense of humour so I'm always looking for the unusual. Plus I usually have a lot of scars on my knees.
(le sigh...)
I live with my creative director, Miss Pickles (my budgie) in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Hi all! I have many vintage cards newly listed at Birdhouse Books this week. I'm wrapping up Valentines (for now!) and have some Easter and St. Patrick's Day cards beginning Sunday evening. You'll find all these pretties at Birdhouse Books on eBay.
Sharing just a few of the many new cards listed:
A little girl cuddles her cat on this vintage Valentine.
A cute Beagle puppy takes a bubble bath on this vintage Valentine.
This vintage Valentine features a little girl wearing snowshoes.
A boy stands by a retro radio on this vintage Valentine.
A cute little terrier dog uses an old fashioned cash register on this vintage Valentine.
Two little fish swim in a goldfish bowl on this vintage Valentine.
A little girl dives from a diving board on this swimming theme vintage Valentine.
This lovely early 1900's vintage Easter postcard features iris flowers.
An Irish colleen stands by a flag with a silver harp on this vintage St. Patrick's Day postcard.
This vintage St. Patrick's Day postcard features a wooded glen, handshake, harp, and shamrocks: "Dear Harp of My Country."
I hope you've enjoyed this peek into the windows at Birdhouse Books!
It's almost Valentine's Day - a day of love. Sigh! I celebrate love every day. I honestly can say I love everyone I meet.
I have some cute pictures to share with you today. They are Valentine covers from Calling All Girls magazine. This magazine was popular in the 1950's and 1960's, and the illustrations often featured a dachshund on the front cover. How neat is that?!
This cover, from February 1960, shows a girl decorating a heart-shaped cake with the help of her dachshund. (I bet the doxie will get a piece of cake!)
The dachshund on the cover of this February 1961 magazine is taking a break from helping with a Valentine project. From the expression on the girl's face, I wonder if the dachshund may have helped a little too much.
At a Valentine's Day party, a girl is playing pin the tail on the dachshund. Of course, her loyal doxie is helping. This illustration is from February 1962.
This February 1963 Calling All Girls cover is all about perfume ... and since dachshunds are scent hounds, I bet the doxie will find a way to help.
Wishing you a happy Valentine's Day! I hope you enjoyed these vintage illustrations.
As always, I love to read your comments, as well as questions for future Dear Abby posts.
When I was a little girl, we made a Valentine box each year in school. They were usually made from a shoebox, decorated with wrapping paper or foil and trimmed with accents like ribbon, doilies, and sequins. On Valentine's Day, we would collect Valentines from our school friends in the box.
I remember shopping for Valentines. Sometimes they came in a cellophane wrapped package. Sometimes they were in a punch-out book. I would spend time looking at the cards and deciding which Valentines to send to different friends.
I still love Valentines today. I collect vintage dachshund Valentines, and also sell vintage Valentines in my online shop, Birdhouse Books. I really enjoy hunting for the cards and then listing them. Here are a few 1960's vintage Valentines for your enjoyment. These are all little die-cut cards for children.
I would love to hear your childhood Valentine memories in the comments, below. Do you remember making Valentine boxes for school? What type of cards did you enjoy giving and receiving?
