September 6, 2008
July 26, 2008
The New Issue of YM Is Here!
Welcome!
E. P. Ned Burke
Experts scoffed at my idea of starting a magazine that would be devoted solely to the preservation of individual memories … Then the first issue of Yesterday’s Magazette came out …
Dear friend,
That was 35 years ago … and YM is still alive and kickin’.
Publishing “experts” said Yesterday’s Magazette would never last.
They said a retro magazine devoted to individual memories was a bad idea.
They said a lot of things 35 years ago.
But, as you can see, those “experts” were wrong.
Founded in 1973 as “The Original Magazine of Memories,” Yesterday’s Magazette pioneered the concept of making memories. First, as a small tabloid paper, YM soon grew into a glossy magazine with readers from coast to coast.
Today, the new YM online magazine is showcased here on the wide wonderful world of the global Internet. Now your personal memories can reach everyone on Planet Earth!
What a thrilling time for YM … and what a great opportunity for you to make and share some memories.
So, do you want to be remembered? Okay then, here’s what you do:
FIRST: Subscribe right now. It’s FREE! And no spam. Guaranteed. So don’t miss out on updates and future issues of YM. Subscribe!
NEXT: Read this current edition. (It’s user-friendly, much like our old printed version of YM.) Go to the Menu Bar and click on the Front Cover and then work your way through the numbered pages to the Back Cover, or skip around. It’s up to you.
LASTLY: Take time to COMMENT on this issue or on any article or story that moved you and then send us one of your memories. (Click on Submissions in the menu bar for details.)
Leave a part of yourself for posterity.
Believe me, your children and grandchildren and future generations will be forever in your debt. And think how proud you will be knowing that billions of people from all over the world will have the opportunity to read a small part of your life’s story.
Thanks for the memories,
Ned
E. P. Ned Burke
YM Editor/Founder
PS/ Space for accepted submissions is limited; so hurry and send us your story right now!
July 21, 2008
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July 15, 2008
Look For Our Next Issue Coming Soon!
The YM Train of Memories Has Arrived!
Look for these stories:
3 - The Government’s Babies
4 - The Survivors
5 - A Bonding Memory
6 - One Day In May
7 - Veni, vidi, vici!
8 - Town Museum Holds Family History
9 - The Fearsome Book Lady
10 - The Poppies of The Field
11 - Special Yarn Blossoms
… and much more!
(*We’ve set up our E-zine much like our old printed version of YM. On the left, you can start with the FRONT PAGE and click your way down through the numbered pages to the BACK COVER, or skip around. It’s up to you. Enjoy! We welcome COMMENTS. And don’t forget to subscribe. It’s FREE!)
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*Click here to go our main YM site at yesterdaysmagazette.com
Spring Is In The Air!
Listen up all you nostalgia buffs! Yesterday’s Magazette, “The Original Magazine of Memories,” founded in 1973, is now online at two locations. You can cozy up to this site or go to our domain name site by clicking the link above or, better yet, surf each site to double your reading pleasure.
Both websites are set up like our old printed version of YM. So it’s easy to navigate. Start with the FRONT PAGE of the current issue and click your way through the numbered pages to the BACK PAGE, or skip around. It’s up to you. Enjoy!
And subscribe today! It’s FREE!
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January 8, 2008
LOOKING BACK AT YESTERDAY
A 1960s Pennsylvania winter
(*We’ve set up our E-zine much like our old printed version of YM. On the left, you can start with the FRONT PAGE and click your way down through the numbered pages to the BACK COVER, or skip around. It’s up to you. Enjoy! We welcome COMMENTS. And don’t forget to subscribe. It’s FREE!)
An Open Letter
Hello, friends:
Some of you asked why and when did I start Yesterday’s Magazette. Well, the concept for YM actually began in 1970 when I was working for my first weekly newspaper in Pennsylvania. I always loved nostalgia. As a child, I would sit for hours listening to my family tell tales about their yesterdays. So when I grew up and got a job on the local paper, it was natural for me to seek out older people with similar tales and write them up in the newspaper.
Wanting to share more memories, I talked the publisher into running a special Old Times supplement, complete with photos and stories. That issue proved to be the best selling edition he ever had. So I approached him again and said we should have a special Old Times supplement every week.
He laughed at the idea.
Three years later, however, I had the last laugh when I started my own weekly and included Yesterday as a supplement. I soon added the “Magazette” moniker by combining the words magazine and gazette to put across the idea that YM was a magazine, not a newspaper. Later, Yesterday’s Magazette went from a tabloid to a glossy magazine, but I liked the sound of Magazette and kept the name.
Like many small press publishers, I had to struggle to keep YM going but I so strongly believed (and still believe!) in the preservation of our individual memories that I forged ahead, often without any idea where the money was going to come from for the next issue. Ironically, many big slick magazines of that period are now gone but YM is still here and still preserving memories.
Not much has changed since I started my magazette in that cold, damp Pennsylvania basement in 1973. I still like to keep YM personal and folksy. Just like it’s always been. In today’s hectic high-speed computer age, the idea of slowing down and simply sharing your memories with others might seem a little weird and old-fashioned. But, believe me, future generations will thank you.
After 35 years, continuing with this crazy idea might be a sign of my stubbornness, or simply a lack of brain cells in my cranium. No matter, I intend to continue with “The Original Magazine of Memories” for as long as folks like you want to share your personal stories with me … and with the world.
So check out our easy guidelines and send in some of your cherished memories today!
I’ll be looking forward to reading them.
E. P. Ned Burke (editor/YM E-zine)
December 25, 2007
WELCOME TO YESTERDAY’S MAGAZETTE E-ZINE!
(*We’ve set up our E-zine much like our old printed version of YM. On the left, you can start with the FRONT PAGE and click your way down through the numbered pages to the BACK COVER, or skip around. It’s up to you. So enjoy! And don’t forget to subscribe. It’s FREE!)
OPEN LETTER
Hello, friends:
I was thinking how Christmas means a myriad of things to many people.
For children, it is a time of wonder and the suspense of waking up Christmas morning to find what Santa had left the night before; for parents, it is a time of sharing both love and material gifts, coupled with the joyous satisfaction of seeing their children’s eyes brighten upon opening each new present; for grandparents and the older generation, it is a time of peaceful contentment, watching others going through the same multitude of holiday emotions they had experienced many times in the past.
Though people may be separated by age, they always unite at this time of year. It’s as if when one believes in Christmas, one is ageless. This holiday alone has the ability to instill in us the mystical power of rejuvenation. The more we believe in it, the more youthful we become.
Believing in the charisma of Christmas can stem from the birth of Christ to Santa Claus, or merely having faith once more in the goodness of mankind. Whatever the reason, believing has the power to bring people together. And certainly there is no other time when Good Will Toward Men is more evident than at this time of year.
So if we must believe in something, let it be Christmas.
Happy holidays!
Ned Burke (editor/YM)
