Grrl Pickers Vintage - Boston,MA

03/12/2026

We live in MA and there is a HUGE Dunkin Donuts sign displayed near RT93 advertising sugarfree Dunkin drinks. This retro ad popped into my head as soon as I saw it.

01/05/2026

What a survival story! I want to read this book!

In July 1939, 12-year-old Donn Fendler of Rye, New York, became the subject of a massive national search after vanishing on Maine’s Mount Katahdin. His nine-day survival ordeal is one of the most famous stories in Maine’s history.

On July 17, 1939, Donn was hiking to the 5,267-foot summit of Mount Katahdin with his father, two brothers, and two family friends. Eager to reach the top, Donn surged ahead of his father and brothers. When a sudden, thick mist enveloped the peak, he became disoriented. Ignoring advice to stay put, he attempted to find his way back to his family but instead wandered into the dense, trackless wilderness.

For nine days, Donn wandered approximately 80 to 100 miles through the Maine woods. He survived by recalling his father’s advice and Boy Scout training, he followed small streams downhill, knowing they would eventually lead to a river and civilization. He subsisted on wild strawberries and checkerberries.

Donn lost his shoes, trousers, and shirt while attempting to cross a stream, eventually wandering barefoot. He slept in a large burlap sack he found to stay warm during freezing nights. He encountered black bears, deer, and relentless swarms of insects and leeches.

On July 25, 1939, Donn spotted a telephone line and followed it to a remote hunting camp near Stacyville, Maine. He was dehydrated, covered in bug bites, and had lost 16 pounds, but was otherwise remarkably unharmed.

His survival was front-page news across the U.S.. President Franklin D. Roosevelt awarded him the Army & Navy Legion of Valor’s medal for outstanding youth hero of 1939. Donn co-authored the book Lost on a Mountain in Maine (1939), which became a staple of Maine school curriculums for generations. He served as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army during WWII and the Vietnam War, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He died in 2016 at the age of 90.

In 2024, his story was adapted into a feature film titled Lost on a Mountain in Maine, produced by Sylvester Stallone.

See more photos here: https://www.vintag.es/2026/01/donn-fendler.html

12/07/2025

Oh Sarah Connor, how we love seeing that you had the chance to grow old!

“I do not spend a moment trying to look younger on any level, ever. I have just completely surrendered to the fact that this is the face that I’ve earned. And it tells me so much." -- Linda Hamilton

For an invaluable book to help adult women and older teen girls love and appreciate their whole selves, we highly recommend "More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament" at https://www.amightygirl.com/more-than-a-body

For books that encourage kids and teens to love their bodies no matter the shape or form, visit our blog post "Celebrating Every Body: 35 Body Image Positive Books for Mighty Girls" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10912

For two excellent guides for girls on body image, we recommend "The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless" for ages 12 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-body-image-book-for-girls) and the "Body Image Workbook for Teens" for ages 13 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/body-image-workbook)

For two great books for children about the importance of loving yourself, we highly recommend "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon" for ages 4 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/stand-tall-molly-lou-melon) and "The Confidence Code for Girls" for ages 8 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/the-confidence-code-for-girls)

Thanks to AARP for sharing this image!

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12/07/2025

~ 70's Knit pants set in soft pastel shades. For the woman that wants to have that look, that men want to know better! - JCPenney catalog ~

12/05/2025

It's that time of year again! Time to put on some cozy jammies, drag a pillow and your favorite snacks to the livingroom and settle in for a broadcast TV holiday Special!

12/05/2025

Best unique gifts in the Boston Area!

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12/05/2025

Long time Boston area rocker Bob Mayo has written a Christmas banger for our modern times! Check out this amazing instant classic Christmas song!
Support for all your head banging new music stocking stuffers! https://robot-monster-army.bandcamp.com/album/the-christmas-you-deserve?fbclid=IwdGRzaAOf_SxjbGNrA5_8YmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHt0imL5BhioXYTHTFz0xavMXwQ-hJ6qzTXKnZYm6dekvX5EuKRb4Wi3IaPRD_aem_4gDi8UOca-yOScCgRbIpQw

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12/05/2025

If medieval France had wanted Jeanne de Clisson to stay a quiet noblewoman, it chose the worst way to convince her.

Born around 1300 into a Breton noble family, Jeanne married the knight Olivier de Clisson, a powerful lord who fought for the French crown in the War of the Breton Succession. In 1343, politics turned deadly. Accused—on very thin evidence—of betraying France to the English, Olivier was arrested under the guise of a tournament invitation, rushed through a trial, then publicly beheaded in Paris. His head was displayed on a spike at the gate of Nantes as a warning.

For Jeanne, it was not a warning. It was a declaration of war.

She sold almost everything she owned: lands, castles, jewels. With the money, Jeanne hired hardened mercenaries and bought ships in English-held ports. According to tradition, she had them painted pitch-black with blood-red sails and named her flagship Ma Revanche—“My Revenge.”

Then the “Lioness of Brittany” went hunting.

For more than a decade, Jeanne stalked the English Channel and the Breton coast, but her targets were not random merchants. She specifically sought out French royal and pro-Valois ships, especially those serving King Philip VI and the noble house she blamed for her husband’s death. When her fleet intercepted a vessel, the story goes, she let common sailors go—but officers and nobles loyal to the French crown rarely survived the encounter.

Her actions blurred every line: noblewoman and outlaw, widow and warlord, privateer and pirate. Yet she was no aimless raider. Jeanne forged practical ties with the English, who were delighted to see a Breton noblewoman terrorizing French supply lines during the Hundred Years’ War. Her ships became a floating reminder that a single wronged person could hurt a kingdom.

Around her mid-fifties, Jeanne finally stepped off the deck. She married an English knight, Sir Walter Bentley, and retired quietly in Brittany, dying around 1359.

Kings, treaties, and dynasties have faded. But the image of Jeanne de Clisson—armor over widow’s black, standing on the prow of a dark warship—still feels dangerously modern: a woman who refused to let the state write the last line of her story.

12/05/2025