Looking back over this lovely blog I've created, one thing stands out to me: how much emphasis I've placed on naming babies. Of course, the majority of people researching names are doing so because they're expecting. However, there are SO many other reasons to research a name!
Back then, booze was taboo, flappers flocked the dance floors, Model Ts ruled the roads, women won the vote and gangsters were up to no good. Welcome to the Roaring Twenties!
There are so many things this spirited decade in American history gave us. To this day, we’re crazy for jazz age music, sleek bobs, Chanel No. 5, even crossword puzzles. And now, along with debonaire mustaches and cloche hats, we’re becoming newly enamored with the names that flappers and their fellas wore proudly in that era.
Poets are the people we dream of being. They are historians and interpreters, observers and activists, teachers and storytellers. They can shape politics, inspire masses, and spark movements. Without poets, our sense of the world would be very short-sighted. It’s no wonder that parents like to honor wordsmiths like these who enrich and explain our world.
