https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/ Personal effects of "a mad genius" by Craig Conley. en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT webmaster@oneletterwords.com (Craig Conley) webmaster@oneletterwords.com (Craig Conley) Copyright 2026 Craig Conley. All rights reserved. https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=115979 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=A%20Stellar%20Key%20to%20the%20Summer%20Land%20davis&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=A%20Stellar%20Key%20to%20the%20Summer%20Land%20davis&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Stellar Key to the Summer Land</a></em> by Andrew Jackson Davis, 1867.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1307" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1782402272.6927.1981.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=115979 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=115609 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div><span>From </span><em>The Archive</em><span>, </span>1929.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="697" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1778980995.3581.9678.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=115609 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=113810 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Cues%20for%20You%20Mildred%20Graves%20Ryan&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Cues%20for%20You%20Mildred%20Graves%20Ryan&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cues for You</a></em> by Mildred Graves Ryan, 1930.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="703" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1769033628.2205.8643.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=113810 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=110847 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>Red Herring</em>, Aug. 1992.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="212" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1756006733.1469.8371.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=110847 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=109087 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <em>Wee Wisdom</em>, 1938.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="428" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1750974432.862.1326.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=109087 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=88478 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"A very wise old doctor."  From <em>The Children's Newspaper</em>, 1938.  See <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1537491369/blueraycom/"><em>This Book is a Cactus</em></a>.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1385" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1677278912.8428.7542.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=88478 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=64382 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>We spotted a mirror-reversed cube in this scan of <em>Scott's Poems</em>.  God may not role dice, but apparently the Lady of the Lake does.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1391" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1618445951.7806.1542.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=64382 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=69256 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"Shall I ever look like him?"  From <em>Chatterbox</em>, 1913.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="980" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1628741554.5292.2113.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=69256 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=64452 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Story%20of%20Mankind%20van%20loon&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Story%20of%20Mankind%20van%20loon&amp;tag=blueraycom&amp;link_code=wql&amp;_encoding=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Story of Mankind</a></em> by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, 1923.  (So many inaccuracies in this book, but then again history books have always offered the most fiction.)</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1290" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1618614499.8487.7464.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=64452 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=61685 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"'Really?' she asked, emotionally."  From <em>Purple Parrot</em>, 1934.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1206" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1611452239.5476.5752.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=61685 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86868 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From Beloit College's 1889 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="1127" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1674864633.15.9996.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86868 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86665 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>"Birds plant trees!"  From the <em>Bombay Sunday Chronicle</em>, 1938.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="873" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1674454957.3568.8349.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86665 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87097 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From Barnard College's 1984 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="792" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1675119015.4587.6552.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87097 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86330 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td> <table align="right" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td><img width=20 height=1 src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/images/space.gif"></td> <td align="center"> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan=2><img width=1 height=10 src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/images/space.gif"></td></tr> </table> <div>Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source.</div> <div></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86198" rel="noopener"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 800px;" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1673563797.7176.2517.jpg" alt="109005" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=15692" rel="noopener"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 800px;" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1449200133.5013.6695.jpg" alt="21151" /></a></div> <div></div><br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=86330 https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87212 <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><div>From Southern Methodist University's 1928 yearbook.</div> <div align="center"> <br> <table width="800" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td class="content"> <img width="800" height="678" src="https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/assets/1675213846.6868.5173.jpg" border=0><br> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <br><br></td></tr></table> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=87212