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Frilly Foundations
Well, it’s Labor Day – time to put away those summer whites. Here are four fabulous cotton undergarments that were stored away a century ago and never retrieved for use. Undergarments from 100 years...
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My 100th Post!
It wasn’t long after I started blogging that I found the wonderful blog, the Dancing Professor, and one of the first posts I read there asked, “Who are you writing for?” I thought about it and realized...
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Flurry of Fabulous Finds
My focus for February was supposed to be Finish It Up, but instead it has morphed into Find Fantastic Objects. I just had a lovely visit from my mom, sister, and 4-year-old great-nephew. Here are just...
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We Interrupt Spring Cleaning…
As I have mentioned before, after our daughters grew up and moved out, my husband and I downsized from our typical suburban home, into a cottage that his family had built on their farm. The cottage...
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Not Your Granny’s Sheep
The Austin Zoo is not your typical city zoo. Its animals are mostly rescues and retirees — acquired from people who discovered that their exotic pets were too much to handle, from research labs, and...
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A Hidden Family Treasure!
Here’s a little family history: my great-grandmother Grace had four daughters, and they all embroidered pillowcases, and then crocheted lace edgings for them. (They made lots of other things too,...
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Souvenirs from the Middle East, 1961
As I was scrolling through the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Open Access collection, I saw a little bag very similar to one I have. It came to me through my husband’s family, but as some family members...
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