Comments on: Ann Landers

By: Sandra Cook

Sandra Cook — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:25:14 +0000

Thank you so much for I’m so glad you posted this. I also grew up reading Ann Landers and my mom’s Redbook, Family Circle and, and Parents!! I believe my 4th or 5th grade teacher read this to our class way back in 1967 or 68 and I’ve always remembered it– I plan to share it with my co-workers as the new year begins.

Have a happy new year!

By: Retro Renovation » Catherine’s vintage Drexel stereo - and an update on her other projects

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:02:20 +0000

[...] into the retro renovation vortex - I love it! She absolutely positively gets this month’s Ann Landers award for tenacity and decisiveness! hey pam! i had to share with you pictures of my new drexel [...]

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:03:18 +0000

“Just for Today” is used by the Al-Anon Family Groups, a 12-step program for family, friends, and loved ones of alcoholics, and they print a bookmark with this list (with some slight variations). I have no idea whether Ann Landers picked this up from Al-Anon or whether Al-Anon got it from Ann Landers, but it doesn’t really matter. Folks in Al-Anon use it just like Pam does, as a daily reminder of a good way to live, especially if you live with a difficult family situation.

Here is a place where you can read the Al-Anon version:

http://www.wyomingal-anon.org/just_for_today

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:48:12 +0000

Hi Maddy, I don’t know what year this column originated…I cut my bathroom copy out just a few years ago, but I know it was a reprint. It’s funny — I try and shy away from sermonizing or making this blog political…or deep. But in the end, it seems, everything is political - in the sense of how we use our resources, what we have to learn from the past, even how we live our lives. Yes, ’tis Sunday.

By: maddydallas

maddydallas — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:00:21 +0000

I believe in always looking forward in life, but I think in our haste to be new and different from previous generations, instead of selectively using wisdom from the past, we dumped all of it. Then again, maybe “what goes around, comes around” has always been true, both in culture and in design. If that’s too heavy for you on a Sunday morning, Pam, may I ask what year this column is from?

By: Retro Jen

Retro Jen — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:32:36 +0000

This column could definitely be considered a way to “retro renovate” our own ways of thinking, methinks. I love Ann Landers. Her column was always one of the first things I used to read (back when I subscribed to a paper every day).

By: Sumac Sue

Sumac Sue — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:42:34 +0000

This post shows that retro renovation can applie to our lives as well as to our homes. We can benefit from looking to the past for wisdom as well as for decorating ideas. Unfortunately, my no-nonsense mom did not believe in subscribing to magazines (thought they were a waste of time and money), but my dad was a newspaper editor, so there were always newspapers around and I could get a dose of Ann every day!