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  • My dad was right, Part 748

    My dad has never taken off his wedding ring. Yard work? Harsh solvents? Vietnam? Nope. He’s had that gold band on for 50 years. I’m more of an on-again, off-again kind of…

    September 13, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • How I spent my summer vacation.

    One fine summer day, I saw bees. That’s good, right? I planted flowers that were supposed to be bee-friendly. We need bees! Yay! Except the bees were … climbing in and out…

    September 4, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • What the 44-year-old has to say about infertility.

    A neighbor kid is mowing the yard next door. He’s saving up for a car, so he mows that yard maybe more often than it really needs. His name is Hoke. I…

    July 26, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • I don’t know where I’m going, either.

    Walking Walter the Wonderdoodle, an unfamiliar car passed us. And then it passed us going the other way. And then it came upon us again and parked *in the middle of the…

    June 14, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • Who will be Queen of the Prom?

    It’s not nice to brag. And it’s not honest to make your life look better online than it really is. But I just have to tell you. I bought this. For six…

    May 23, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • Please don’t go guuuuuurl!

    As is the custom of my people, we gathered to pay homage to the teenyboppers of our youth. That’s right, people. I saw New Kids on the Block in concert. Me and…

    May 9, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • Renewing our vows. In a super-romantical way.

    My high school did “Bye Bye Birdie” as our one and only musical. I had a solo called “What did I ever see in him.” It started like this: Eight years, eight…

    April 22, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • Sometimes, you can’t fake it ’til you make it. Sometimes, you’re just a mess.

    That long-ass title is a fancy way of saying that I am currently sporting a fat lip and a neck scratch that looks like a hickey. And it is all about to…

    April 4, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • Right on, Bob. Right on.

    A guy my parents used to pal around with recently died. He dropped dead of a heart attack. To say it was a shock is an understatement. I don’t think we give…

    February 27, 2019 by Becky Brown
  • Where Valentine’s Day dreams go to die.

    I know Valentine’s Day is old news now, but it’s taken me a few days to process what happened. It was a nice day after a slew of snowy, yucky days. Everything…

    February 18, 2019 by Becky Brown
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Becky Brown

Small-town girl turned city woman. And no, I still can’t parallel park.

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I’ve got old magazines and lots of opinions.

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In case you need something to do today … Sevente In case you need something to do today …
Seventeen mag December 1973
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#1973 #oldmagazine #oldmagazines #retrocrafts #retrochristmas #vintagechristmas
Why not make out with a stranger old enough to be Why not make out with a stranger old enough to be your grandpa?
Seventeen mag December 1973
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#1973 #retromagazine #vintagemagazine #vintagemagazines  #retrosanta #vintagesanta
I kind of love the idea of only wearing eyeshadow I kind of love the idea of only wearing eyeshadow the color of your eyes. Very Violet Beauregarde.
‘TEEN Magazine, January 1976
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#retromagazine #1974 #70sbeauty #70smakeup #retroadvice #blueeyeshadow #willywonka
I just want to wrap her in a blanket and maybe sug I just want to wrap her in a blanket and maybe suggest she not marry a couple of those husbands.
February 1974 Seventeen magazine 
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#elizabethtaylor #liztaylor #janepowell #1947 #retromagazine #1974 #seventeen
Day and date news from Charmin’ Miss! She’s so Day and date news from Charmin’ Miss! She’s so ... clean. 
Seventeen mag February 1974
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#1974 #70sstyle #70smagazine #70sfashion #70sfashiontrends
Tuxes by DuPont? Granny isn’t so sure about a ch Tuxes by DuPont? Granny isn’t so sure about a chemical company shilling formalwear. SET YOUR WEDDING ON FIRE!
Seventeen mag February 1974
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#70sstyle #1974 #70swedding #70sbride #retrowedding #retrobride #bluetux #bluetuxedo #polyester #dupont
She looks less than thrilled that the groom’s tu She looks less than thrilled that the groom’s tux upstaged her.
Seventeen February 1974
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#1974 #70sstyle #70sbride #retrobride #retrotux
Let’s be honest: that Bobbie Brooks knows what s Let’s be honest: that Bobbie Brooks knows what she’s doing.
Seventeen mag February 1974
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#1974 #70sfashion #70sstyle #bobbiebrooks
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