Have you see The Help? I read the book and saw the movie, so when Octavia Spencer won her Golden Globe and brought the house to tears I remembered a day when I was little. I was probably 4 years old, and since my Mamma was busy writing and I was alone I [...]
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He closed the door to her home, she closed the door to her heart. It sounds like a country music two stepping tune but it was more like a one step tango. She taught dance and after she danced her way into his heart she took hold of his wallet. That is putting it mildly. [...]
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As Bob Dylan said, the Times They Are A Changin, and I mean this in the nicest sort of way. As a historian of sorts, a scavenger, an urban archeologist, a hunter and gatherer of remnants and particles of the past, I have seen how change has left family homeplaces….. in odd places. Sometimes they [...]
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The Ink Spots the Best Things in Life Are Free (please enjoy their music while you read this post) I was thinking back to one of the most unusual estates that I ever had the pleasure of investigating and i thought of the unique quirky little cottage in the woods. It had been built [...]
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Design Archives opened on Sept 1, 2001. I can’t believe it, but I have survived for ten years! There have been a couple of moves, which is major for a vintage store because there are tons and tons of inventory that can quickly accumulate. The best thing is YOU the customer….because of your love, we [...]
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Her name was Gertrude and she was born in 1899. She came of age just as women were given the right to vote and she lost a young boyfriend to the war in Europe. The Twenties Came in with a roar and she was romanced and married a young insurance executive who moved her to [...]
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Here they are! The eagerly anticipated glitterati rococo transexual starfish! Buy them each or purchase a set of four. $11 each. We will pack and ship to your destination…send email to kitrodenbough@yahoo.com……and….we’ll paypal invoice you your total based on your zipcode. How simple is that? pimping the starfish….. It has been a super busy [...]
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I have gotten off schedule, surprise surprise….I am working on three different stories and got sidetracked by some other crap and I know that you are sick of seeing that guys face from the last post pop up every time you log onto the website ….so here goes…… while I write the next [...]
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It was a Saturday at twilight and it was still crispy, therefore I was assured that the snakes were not yet crawling about. There may be some spiders, so I needed to wear gloves, and boots if I had them. Properly outfitted, it was time to take a road trip out to the county. [...]
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