I’m a bit late on a New Year’s resolution for 2020, but here goes. I’ve decided that I want to have a mortgage until my 100th birthday. Looks like it’s going to be close. I’m 69. With refi rates at 2.75% or less, Lady Baba and I are dancing the refinance rhumba on the house we ...
My books on the post-World War II era and years as appraising collectibles worldwide gives me great interest in the fun and kitchy objects of the 1950s. For pet lovers and canine enthusiasts, many dog breeds were popular in the decorative arts and collectibles of the mid-century modern era. One ...
It is American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum who is widely attributed with saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” It’s that all-American mentality that the “As Seen On TV” brand was made for, marketing such wonderous pieces of pop culture crap as the Snuggie (a blanket with ...
When you have a hands-off approach to gardening, an unexpected harvest is cause for great celebration. That sense of joy can quickly fade, however, once you realize what an overwhelming amount of work it is to use that harvest appropriately. For the first time since it was planted nearly 25 ...
Hello, dear readers! I hope you’re all staying cool and finding some fun this summer, despite the strange circumstances we find ourselves in. I am grateful to have been able to partake in what summer has offered this season, but it has required intentional thought and planning to keep the ...
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” The George Gershwin tune from the Opera Porgy and Bess did not imagine a summer like 2020. This summer continues what began almost since the Christmas present calendar was pinned to the wall six months ago. The nation is locked in a battle with a ...
