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Vintage Shopping with the Husband
I asked my husband to drive me to the nearby vintage/antique shop. I usually go to vintage/antique/junk shops by myself, but my semi-invalid status means I have to sometimes ask my husband to drive. There is only one big problem… Read More ›
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Friday Fun Flick, Cookie Cutters
I found these “BEFORE” and “AFTER” vintage cookie cutters in Antrim NH. While alone they are fine, together they remind me of an ad for a diet supplement. I’m trying to figure out some way to display them together!… Read More ›
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Randi and flying pig doll, and no one understands cats
Originally posted on Yankee Skeptic:
I apologize again to my readers for neglecting my blog you so generously support. I am still adjusting to the increases in the chemotherapy, and counting all my hairs as they fall out. A lot… -
My cabin decorating, not quite a “harmony of color and style”
Sometimes I feel like the world of decorating has finally caught up with my own eclectic style. Pinterest and other online sites now share and extol the random and budget friendly decor I learned from my grandmother. She never bought… Read More ›
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Antrim Yarn Shop…The Wool Room
I have been enjoying spending much of my summer in Antrim, NH. Antrim at one point was known for making apple coring machines. Now it is known for ice cream, good pizza and the Wool Room. The Wool Room… Read More ›
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The tide is IN, for summer
I really love the seasonal restaurants in New England that serve a good lobster roll. It’s lobster, put on a New England style hot dog roll. The less mayonnaise or anything else added, the better the lobster roll. You basically… Read More ›
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Why cheating will always be with us.
I have a wonderful variety of friends. Some are happily partnered and monogamous. They joke “I can only handle one partner.” They just feel comfortable in a marriage like “mom and dad”. Others feel with children, monogamy is just the… Read More ›
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Firday Fun Flick!! Vacation book cover!
It’s that time of year, vacation time. I enjoy vintage book covers, and this one seems made for this time of year.
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A Librarian at Retirement Remembers Her Mentor
Originally posted on Yankee Skeptic:
I want to thank my good friend Ellie, who is retiring this month, for this terrific post on her mentor. The Enoch Pratt Free Library has to be one of the most beautiful in the… -
Needle Little Break from Knitting?
I’ve been knitting many hats for the hospital she helps support in South Africa. However, my fingers finally began to complain and needed a break. My younger daughter does needle art, where you take wool roving and basically form it into… Read More ›
Two Different Girls 