small town

Her Name was Ollie Belle

by Kit on January 16, 2012

    Have you see The Help? I read the book and saw the movie, so when Octavia Spencer won her Golden Globe and brought the house to tears I remembered a day when I was little. I was probably 4 years old, and since my Mamma was busy writing and I was alone I [...]

Tagged as: 1950s, apron, black, colored, domestic, help, ironing, memories, north carolina, small town, The Fifties, The Help, the Sixties, Vintage, white

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A Story of Independence; Shag Carpets, Stereos, & Summertime

by Kit on July 4, 2011

  That summer I would turn sixteen and get my drivers license and my independence. Yay! I couldn’t wait. In preparation, I got a job at the local five & dime and planned it out perfectly. I could work two months and buy the Carolina Blue Shag carpet that I was drooling over in the [...]

Tagged as: 1970s, basketball, Blood Sweat and Tears, cheerleader, drivers license, five and dime, freedom, independence, modernist, pep rally, prom, samsonite luggage, sears catalog, seventies, shag carpet, small town, the Grassroots

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