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The Hobby Of Collecting2
Remembering Barbie’s Evening Splendor
While trolling eBay, I found this vintage Barbie ensemble and let out a, “Hey! I had that!” Hubby probably would have ignored me (I exclaim a lot of things while sitting at the computer, and if he paid attention to every one, he’d never get to enjoy his parts of the interwebs), but then I [...]
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Holidays: The Kids’ Table
When I was a kid, our big family gatherings had the traditional kids’ table. At first it was fun to hang out with your cousins, having those chocolate-milk-bubble-blowing-contests without garnering parental stink-eye; but eventually you wanted to age-out of that table and join the grown-ups because you weren’t a kid anymore. And then one day [...]
Summer4
A Happy Camper At Christmas & Beyond
Christmas time always brings up toys. Now that I’m a parent, I try to remind myself that finding the perfect toy ought not to be the pressure point I make it out to be… Some of my favorite and most memorable toys were not ones I asked for. Even if my grandma would sit us [...]
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Lessons In Plush Toys (Or Whose Head Is Stuffed With Sawdust?)
I don’t recall how old I was when I received this tiger, whose head at least is stuffed with sawdust. Tigger, as I named him, seems to simply just have always been… When not waiting for me in my bed, he often could be found riding on my shoulder, wrapped about my neck. We’ve had [...]
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Christmas Trees Have Never Been My Favorite Things
This antique photo of a Christmas tree surrounded by little boys who seem less than thrilled suits me because Christmas trees have never been my favorite things. Primarily because it was our family custom for my father to get the itch to go Christmas tree shopping on the coldest, nastiest day of the year — [...]
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With Silver Bells On: A Favorite Christmas Memory
A story from my mom, of No Egrets Antiques: Christmas at our house was always wonderful! It was not that we got everything we wanted – kids always have expectations way beyond reality. But everything seemed bright and shiny. My mom had Christmas music on the radio (the one with the little, round red light [...]
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Christmas Decorations: Why We Make Him Carry All Those Boxes From The Attic
Unpacking delicate vintage glass ornaments, untangling glowing orbs of flickering light, placing winter village scenes just so, divided camps of garland vs tinsel, and don’t forget the tradition of tree topper placement. Some believe less is more (those weird freaks!), and others (like me!) believe holiday is the time of year to go all out. [...]
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