On The Fly

Podcast - Chatter . . . Just the other day - well, what seems like the other day, Lori brought home a pristine copy of  The Readers Digest  from December 1966 (35 cents). The cover is exactly as I remember it, a summary outline of the articles with the corresponding page numbers. This issue boasts 45 th  Year: Over 27 million copies bought monthly in 14 languages.  That was over 54 years ago! How she acquired this heirloom is interesting. The Paul Ecke family was featured in an article titled Crimson for Christmas . Paul Ecke III came across boxes of this particular issue that he distributed to employees of the Paul Ecke Ranch. The trifold cover page featured an ad from Ford, “Mustang 1967 . . . bred first to be first!” With the slogan, “Just in time for Christmas . . . the do-it-Yourself Escape Kit!” What’s interesting is the First Class Business Reply Postage Paid subscription card in the centerfold reads, “One new Digest gift subscription ONLY $2.” Yes, in 2020 yo...