Sketch by Lynn G. Howell The Low-Down on Privy Marbles Full disclosure: we have never dug a privy![1] Never had the opportunity and we have learned recently that you have to be either young and strong or older and in good physical shape to successfully dig. Some privy digs are so deep that a ladder is needed just to reach the … [Read more...] about You Dug It Up Where?
Marble Stories
Marshmallow Marbles?
A Deleterious Ingredient! What, you ask, is a deleterious ingredient? Basically, it is any foreign object or ingredient in food that can adversely affect your health. When marbles were inserted into candy during manufacturing, they became a deleterious ingredient! 17 Years? In the recent post Dragons and … [Read more...] about Marshmallow Marbles?
Regional & Local Glass Marble Artists
“Creativity takes courage.” — Henri Matisse Can’t Every Artist be Internationally Known Today? Yes, it’s true. With the Internet, any artist with a good camera and a willingness to develop a web site can become well-known worldwide. Many have. We have met glass artists in their studios and galleries all across the United … [Read more...] about Regional & Local Glass Marble Artists
Dragons and Farbles With A Pinch of Pewter
"Never laugh at live dragons." ― J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit Relax & have fun! This Isn’t Rocket Science! We always had fun collecting marbles. Over the years we have traveled in search of marbles and we have found over 2,700 marbles in 239 different communities. Check our story Far-Flung in Wimauma in this magazine. We have … [Read more...] about Dragons and Farbles With A Pinch of Pewter
Contemporary Art Glass Marbles
It’s got to be Art! In 2007 we had only been collecting marbles for a few years and our focus was on glass mid-20th century American machine-made marbles. However, we had learned about stone (and agate), clay, and other marble materials and we had seen all sorts of handmade art marbles online and in a few shops. For Christmas … [Read more...] about Contemporary Art Glass Marbles
Girls Are Crack Shots With A Marble
“Boston boys are sore because the girls are playing marbles. Gee whiz, hoaly smoak, paw, isn’t there any limit to sex invasion?” Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, March 22, 1922, Night Extra, Page 8. Their Marble Playing Blazed a Trail for Others “Hoaly Smoak”! In recent posts we have noted that we enjoy browsing in the … [Read more...] about Girls Are Crack Shots With A Marble
A Nest of Monkeys
"It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat's ear." --- Danish Proverb A Few Thoughts about Nests Yellow Jackets make their nests in the ground. Storks make nests; so do osprey. Machine gunners use nests and sometimes snipers, too. Alligators, blue birds, some spiders curl leaves into nests. Bees, and whole families of … [Read more...] about A Nest of Monkeys
Cave Pearls and Marbles
File: Cave Pearls—Rookery, Lower Cave, Carlsbad Cavern (51202462532).jpg[1] “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet, I.5 Cave What? We wrote about natural marbles in one of our earliest posts Marbles from Mother Nature. One type, Cave Pearls, is an international … [Read more...] about Cave Pearls and Marbles
A Lead-Clad Marble
Yep, a Lead-Clad Glass Marble: But Why? We learn a lot of interesting things from the comments we receive from this magazine and from emails from readers of our book The Secret Life of Marbles. We enjoy hearing from readers. Just awhile ago we received this intriguing email sent from an iphone. A Remarkable Email “I found this … [Read more...] about A Lead-Clad Marble
Road Trip to West Virginia III
“Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall….” Daniel 5:5-12 “Everybody’s Leaving Town….”[1] This old truck is ready to haul one more load of scrap glass down from Pennsylvania or one more truck load of crated marbles to the rail depot. It was a misty cool morning as we climbed down the ridge … [Read more...] about Road Trip to West Virginia III
West Virginia Here We Come!
“Almost Heaven….” Wild & Wonderful Some of our readers live in West Virginia and they have the luxury of exploring the wild and wonderful State at their leisure. Others of us have visited many times, explored the Rails to Trails and other hiking trails, and seen mink in the wetland., We know for certain that black bears … [Read more...] about West Virginia Here We Come!
Playing Marbles As Shown on Dutch Tiles
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. “Tiles with Scenes of Children Playing”; BK-1955-328-A; Netherlands ca. 1680 – 1730; Tin glazed earthenware majolica; height c. 107 cm × width c. 80 cm; Used with Permission Wie wat bewaart, die heeft wat . Who saves, has something. Old Dutch saying. 400 Years of Playing Marbles & Other Children’s … [Read more...] about Playing Marbles As Shown on Dutch Tiles
