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Jelly Vendor

January 25, 2010

Driving the Texas highways (which is my neck of the woods), there are often vegetable stands in the spring and summer that tempt me to stop to peruse their offerings. Still, I was surprised to see a truck at a highway intersection in midwinter offering Mahaw jelly. When the man waved at me, [...]

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Vertigo Hats Gave Me Balance

August 13, 2009

I was in Austin, Texas without a hat! I confess that I felt nekkid — I was out of balance. From the window of our fourth floor (haunted) room at the Driskill, we could see a hat shop called “Vertigo.” We took a break from our ghost hunt and headed over there [...]

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Gruene With Envy. My Neck Of The Woods.

May 16, 2009

After visiting Gruene, Texas several times over the years I remembered it as a bucolic, sleepy little place just slightly northwest of New Braunfels. If that means nothing to you, think, “thirty minutes north of San Antonio.” If that doesn’t tell you anything, then I need to get you to Texas, child, because [...]

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KaBoom, You Say?

July 12, 2008

There was a “bomb scare” at a local mall yesterday. I saw the story about it on our local evening news. It seems that a “suspicious package” had been reported in the Macy’s Store at Willowbrook Mall in Plano. The news featured footage of the police team’s special robot retrieving the [...]

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Foraging

March 5, 2008

“Despite their burdens, they [the women] foraged as they traveled, and so efficiently it hardly slowed them down. A patch of day lilies was quickly stripped of buds and flowers, and tender new roots exposed with a few strokes of the digging sticks…shoots and tender young leaves of clover, alfalfa, dandelion; thistles stripped of [...]

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They Call Themselves “Apple Geniuses”

January 6, 2008

Have y’all ever gone through the fast food drive-thru, with a carload of kids squealing in the backseat? And, you ordered a bagful of burgers, fries and some chicken nuggets for Junior (because he’s been driving you nuts begging for them for thirty minutes)? And, you pay for your order and get back [...]

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Stella’s and Full Circle Emporium

March 20, 2007

I got so busy with other things that I forgot to finish my Sunday post about our trip to Fort Worth on Saturday. We were disappointed with the experience, until we went over to Bluebonnet Circle near the TCU campus. Quite by accident we found a delightful little shop, well actually two shops in [...]

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Mineola, TX—It’s No “Sodom”

March 8, 2007

Mineola, Texas is a jewel of a town. It’s located at the junction of Highways 69 and 80 in east Texas and it’s in Wood County, which is “home” to “my people.” In Texas small towns, the first thing folks ask is “where are your people from?” Actually, that’s the second. The first is “WHO [...]

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Old People Can Party, Too

March 2, 2007

I was looking at my pitchers (that is not a misspelling, it is the correct Texas way to write the word “pictures”). I realized I had not updated about our visit to the grand opening party at The Vintage Factory last Saturday night. The teenagers did grace us with their presence. That was a comfort, [...]

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Random Notes From My Files

February 22, 2007

There are sticky notes everywhere, and I can’t see the monitor anymore. I’m trying to clean out all my notes, so this post is very eclectic. Consider this a post of my “post-it” notes. It’s just random bits and pieces of things that amused me, but then I’m easily amused.
For those of you who have [...]

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Dolly Python, Slither In and Shop

February 20, 2007

Here is a slideshow of the treasures at Dolly Python, a vintage store in Dallas.

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Dolly Python

February 20, 2007

On our Saturday excursion to The House of Dang to search for vintage goodies, Andrew (the proprietor) suggested that we should visit Dolly Python. It’s a combination vintage clothing/antique store/junk store located in the same area of Dallas, at 1916 Haskell Avenue. We slithered on over and go look what we found (actually, this is [...]

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“BoGo” —An Illuminating Idea

February 19, 2007

As one who loves to shop, I almost salivate when I see an ad with “BoGo” on it. “Buy One, Get One.” I love a sweet deal. Here’s a better concept: “Buy One, Give One.” By doing so, you can “light the world.”

Everyone needs a couple of flashlights; one is for the house and one [...]

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House of Dang–A Darn Cool Shopping Experience

February 18, 2007

All I can say is, “Wow!”
You have to check out The House of Dang, if you are anywhere near. We went to visit it yesterday after reading about it in the Dallas Morning News several weeks back. It sounded intriguing. The paper had named it THE best new independent store of 2006. The [...]

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Two Reasons to Slow Down For Riesel, Texas

February 15, 2007

On Highway 6 between Waco and College Station, there is a tiny town called Riesel. Across from the Shell Station on the Highway is an antique store that is worth browsing. It’s a good reason to slow down and maybe even stop, if you are an antique hound.
I’m not sure what the building was originally, [...]

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Valentine’s Day and Resisting the Urge to Splurge

February 12, 2007

A couple of days ago, I posted about Valentine’s Day with some ideas for gifts. Most of them were extravagant. But, Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to break the bank. We spend a lot of money just on cards. Sometimes I think that Hallmark Cards and other card companies created some of our holidays just so [...]

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I “Heart” Valentine’s Day Gifts

February 9, 2007

EEK! Valentine’s Day is around the corner–and I haven’t gone shopping. I’ve spent the morning on-line looking for gifts and gift ideas that might be appropriate. If you procrastinate, as I do, you might enjoy these ideas or have an idea to share.
Of course, there are the traditional gifts. Your local florist can supply roses [...]

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A “Shade” Different

January 21, 2007

My new apartment had no overhead lighting, and I didn’t get custody of many of the lamps I had owned. My Momma said, “Honey, I have some lamps in the garage.” I went over to scavenge what I could. All of the lamps seemed unbearably ugly to me, but beggars can’t be choosers.
I chose two [...]

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Saving Bucks on an Elk Skin Jacket

January 17, 2007

A few posts back, I talked about the vintage clothing store in Denton, Texas called Circa 77. We always find something without which we cannot live (That sentence seems stilted, but I had a high school English teacher who got furious if I put a preposition at the end of the sentence. It was something [...]

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221 B Baker Street

January 14, 2007

My recent post about Denton as a Destination made me have a sudden urge to go to Rose Costume shop. I love to wander there and marvel at the imagination of the decorators. It’s like a vision through the Looking Glass. Around every corner is a new wonder. There is even a White Rabbit (or [...]

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