When I saw the large barrel atop a table at the auction house, I had to explore it because I have a thing for old wooden boxes. It was scruffy and marred, and the bottom looked…
A real-life homespun cracker barrel
Posted in food
Category: food
The idea formed in the middle of Christmas dinner, as the family feasted on good food and reveled in great company. The talk around the table may have been about how other ethnic families celebrated…
A hot-dog cart to start your own street business
Posted in Businesses, and food
Now that’s something I don’t see very often, I thought as I approached the hot-dog cart among the vintage and antique furniture at the auction house. It looked as if it were fresh from the factory, without a…
Auctions tables are full of remnants from our past, and one special item can evoke memories that have long lain dormant. That’s what happened recently when two items from my blog posts propelled readers back to…
I’m so glad you invited me, Theresa said as she leaned toward me. It wasn’t the first time she’d thanked my buddy Kristin and me for asking her to come along to a summer barbecue on the…
Enough gumball machines to open an arcade
Posted in collectibles, and food
The scene was right out of a child’s candy-laced dream. Several long tables were topped with gumball machines containing small balls of red, yellow, blue, orange and all the other colors of the rainbow. Just as many of…
Cracker Jack I had heard of, but not Cracker Jill. That was the first thought that leaped into my head when I saw the name Cracker Jill. It was printed in bright red letters on…
The card was advertising free moonshine tastings somewhere in Tennessee. It showed a bright red Mason jar of whole cherries that looked more like canned fruit than illegal whiskey. I’d never heard of or seen…
Readers ask about straightening combs, ice cream maker & toilet chair
Posted in Beauty Products, food, and Home
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
A pig & lamb with a French accent
Posted in Advertising, collectibles, food, and Signs
The wooden pig and lamb had caught the couple’s eye. They didn’t know what to make of it and to be honest, neither did I. I had spotted the two (animals, not people) when I…