To say that 2020 has been difficult is perhaps the biggest understatement of the century. Throughout these past six-seven months, many of us have found ourselves grieving the way things used to be. I think to some extent that is why antique stores exist. We cherish the “good ‘ole days.” We reminisce, looking back toContinue reading “The New Normal”

Here we all sit in quarantine because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic. As an antique collector, I can’t help but think about the pandemic that swept the world in 1918. The Spanish Flu was horrible. According to the CDC, “It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infectedContinue reading “Antique Pandemics”

As an antique collector, I love the fact that the word collections is embedded in recollections. When we sit around and remember days gone by, we are collecting memories. There is nothing better than sitting out on the front porch in the cool of the evening with a glass of Ice Tea and remembering treasuredContinue reading “Recollections of Better Days”