For many years I've moved all my hundreds of issues of National Geographic Magazines. My intention was to ultimately read through each and every one of them, starting from the earliest, a 1929 issues inherited from my grandparents (see this blog, Wednesday, May 15, "The Collection").
OK, I've made a good start since retiring from nursing on June 3rd, this year. I've read through and reported on six issues from the 1920s. This effort has been immensely more interesting and enjoyable that I had imagined it would be!
The next issue in my collection is from 1949. Twenty years is too far a gap for me to bridge in the world of changing political boundaries, historical happenings, famous people, critical advances in biology and other sciences, in short, life in the world around me. My 1920 issues refer to what we call World War I as "The World War." I need to see what led up to the development of World War II, especially since I was born in the middle of it, in 1943.
What I have done is purchase a DVD collection of ALL National Geographic Magazines. I prefer to have magazine in hand, however, perusing the issues by computer also has its advantages. If I need to research a term or place, Google is ever nearby!
So, that is how I will continue. My first online adventure will be a trip to the State of Florida, USA. Keep watching!
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