Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Sewing
I don’t buy vintage clothing or personal items at auction. Out of curiosity, I’ll stand back and watch the bidding but I never participate. Until recently, when the auctioneer at one of my favorite auction…
Posted in Sports
We all know that sports memorabilia is a multi-billion-dollar industry. And we also know that its practitioners are primarily guys. That was quite evident at auction recently when they turned out to bid on 320…
Posted in Tins
As long as I go to auctions, I will never stop learning. I’m always finding items I have never ever heard of before and taking them home to research. Many of them have nothing in…
I had never heard of Ellen Pyle until a few months ago, after learning that the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington was exhibiting some of her original illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post. For me, the…
Posted in jewelry
I was reading an article recently about Madeleine Albright, the former U.S. secretary of state, and her new book “Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box.” It talked about how she used her trademark…
Posted in Kitchen
I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but there’s something about having a cup of black coffee (no cream, please) in one of those heavy diner cups. The coffee seems to taste better, stays hot…
Posted in Glassware
Several summers ago at the World’s Longest Yard Sale, I came across a Ball Mason fruit jar with what looked like blackberries that had been canned years ago and forgotten. A man was selling them…
Posted in Books
I have a very strong image of me as a child in a green Girl Scout uniform. But I don’t remember any activities I participated in or who my troop leader was or the names…
Posted in Art
When I was growing up with my siblings and cousins, two sandy-haired dogs were always in our yard. I grew up in what was then considered the “country,” outside the town of Macon, Ga., so the dogs and us…
