Posts Tagged ‘Valentine’
On the Month of February
Source: Demorest's Monthly, February 1897 It seems strange that so dreary a month as February should ever have been graced with the charming myths which have gathered about St. Valentine's Day, and made its observance one of the relics of the fairy-land of love and dreams, which passed away when the shriek of the steam-whistle, and the click of [...]
Cora’s Valentine
By Edyth Kirkwood, as published in Peterson's Magazine, February 1884 "Ah! there you are at last, Cora. I was just going to send your breakfast up to you. Did you have a pleasant time, at the party, last night?" Cora drew up her chair, stirred her coffee sleepily, repressed a yawn, and replied, slowly: "It was a perfect crush. I got [...]
My Valentine Tree
I've transformed my white Christmas tree into a Victorian Valentine tree, with glitter-encrusted copies of antique Victorian Valentine postcards.
Valentine’s Day 2010
I took a little break after Christmas, I hope that you've had a splendid holiday and that 2010 has been treating you kindly thus far. I'm in the midst of excavating some of the old Victorian Valentine's Day content that had been on this site before the "Mid-Web Crisis" of last January. Look for these gems from the past to be posted in the days [...]
