Well, my silver fetish is taking over! I am not sure what I was searching for on eBay, but I ran across the most lovely Tiffany candlesticks with shade supports and pierced silver lampshades (known as reticulated shades). These made my heart flutter when I saw them. The candlesticks looked like small lamps that could… Read More
My paternal grandparents were in the house rental business. Then, as now, renters run off and leave things for the owners to clean out. Much is trash, but every now and then there is a good find. My house is dotted with abandoned items from rent houses. One that has long intrigued me was a… Read More
A person’s job is really just a small part of who they are, if any part at all. However, we spend twenty or thirty or forty years doing something to earn a living (and hopefully, a retirement!), so our work does denote who we are to some degree. For years, I have saved my mom… Read More
As a young girl, I remember getting in the car with my Grandmom. She always kept a bottle of Emeraude in the middle of the front seat of her car (I think she usually had a Mercury, Grand Marquis). She would usually squirt a little bit on her wrists before we pulled out of the… Read More