Time to celebrate . . who doesn’t love to give? We’re giving this beautiful Guatemalan tote bag to one lucky person. We will select one name randomly on Saturday, August 22. Just leave a comment on our Facebook Page –…
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We're giving this beautiful Guatemalan tote bag to one lucky person.
Rare Stetson China (USA) Salad Plates, Stylized Tulip in Center Field with Black Air Brush Border… The Black and Pink Floral is distinctive of thenew cool of modern life in the suburban 50s!
There are books and then, there are covers or dust jackets for hardbound books. I recently came across quite a few books published in the late 1940s with dust jackets intact. They are intriguing, interesting and nice to behold. Can…
Lately, I have wondered about the life of a miner. This comes as no surprise since Putnam and Speedwell occupies a house that was once a home for a miner and his family at Eclipse Company Town. The houses are…
The film, Fading Gigilo opens with Woody Allen carefully tissue wrapping beautiful leather bound books. The camera pans to empty shelves. He is closing the bookstore first established by his grandfather. He laments, This is the end of an…
Almost, thirty years ago, a package arrived postmarked from the Homer Laughlin Company, Newell, West Virginia quite unexpectedly. A few days before, we were at the International Housewares Exhibition in Chicago. It was a big deal, a really big deal. Now,…
Hard to believe that it has been one year since Putnam and Speedwell planted roots in Athens . . . a few thoughts about growing pains! We rented the space at Eclipse Company Town, an old mining town, last…
The Romance of a Christmas MouseChristmas Mouse Featured in Romantic Homes Magazine Hmmmm, I said, this looks like spam. Quickly, I clicked log out and returned to my real work. Later in the day, there was another notification from Etsy about a convo.…
Hmmmm, I said, this looks like spam. Quickly, I clicked log out and returned to my real work. Later in the day, there was another notification from Etsy about a convo. Hello Valerie, I am gathering materials for a vintage Christmas photo…
I have been watching The Paradise on PBS; I admit that I began watching it as a fix. I missed that other series about Mr. Selfridge. Imagine, all the way from Marshall Field to London. The spirit of the age (the Zeitgeist) is…
Things have changed since the first county fairs in Athens County. Until this century, after the Great Depression, most folks lived in rural areas. Not until the last quarter of the last century did we witness an exodus to the city…
