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Velma organizes it all
Velma had had enough drama. Time to get back to the library. Where all questions had answers. All things had a place. She would … Continue reading
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Velma Immersed
Velma anticipated the order and bliss of the country library. She felt pretty and upbeat in her floral spring dress; as a library volunteer her arrival was always cheered and she was not involved in office politics; putting things in … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, book, Etsy, historical fiction, library, vintage, women
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Velma loses her lunch
Velma strode to the lost & found. Phew. It was there. After her last shift volunteering at the library, she’d returned to the rooming house to discover her beautiful robin’s egg blue lunch bag missing. These small losses wore on … Continue reading
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Velma
Velma’s mind wandered while shelving books. The gloves she’d received from Scarlett were so daring! Grinning, she vowed to find opportunity to wear them – though Scarlett was the party maker. Velma recounted Thanksgiving and the visit through Scarlett’s eyes, … Continue reading
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Tagged country, Etsy, handmade, historical fiction, library, photography, rooming house, spinster, women, women's history
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Velma
Velma and Scarlett made their way into the village to the library. Velma had been volunteering since her first week at the rooming house, passing herself off as employed to her spinster colleagues. Wary of pity, Velma lit lightly wherever … Continue reading
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Tagged building, Etsy, extra girls, furniture, historical fiction, library, retro, rooming house, spinster, volunteer, women, women's history
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Velma
“Dear Scarlett: You’ll be surprised to hear that I ventured out of my shell to a party this weekend! Not like our New York City crowd, of course. Girls from the rooming house, girls from the library, girls from the … Continue reading
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Tagged car, city, country, extra girls, fashion, ford, historical, historical fiction, history, imagined, librarian, library, model a, move, party, retro, rooming house, spinster, transformation, venture, women, women's history
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Imagined spaces
The party was in the city! Several of her library colleagues would be in attendance, but Velma was riding with Vesta, another rooming house extra girl, in her old Model A Ford. Silly, she knew, but Velma could not sleep … Continue reading
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Tagged car, city, elegance, extra girls, fall fashion, ford, gossip, historical, historical fiction, history, imagined, library, model a, party, photography, retro, rooming house, spinster, strength, transformation, volunteer, women, women's history
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Velma
Velma is going to a party. She’s been at the rooming house for several weeks, shocked to move in with all those other women. Extra girls, spinsters, they refer to themselves as singles or ‘new women’ though not one of … Continue reading
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Tagged elegance, extra girls, fall fashion, fashion, giddy, gossip, group living, hat, hats, historical, history, imagined, librarian, library, meditation, new woman, New Women, party, retro, rooming house, spinster, strength, transformation, volunteer, women, women's history
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Playground
Velma never babysat. Her girlfriends from work, in her bookclub, her building and her other friends were urban singles like her. The library’s outreach coordinator had that lingering flu that was going around, and all the details of who worked … Continue reading
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Tagged children, city, extra girls, fall fashion, fashion, hat, hats, history, imagined, imps, library, playground, spinster, volunteer, women, women's history
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