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Vintage Finds & Other Shopping

Strap It On

April 20, 2009

A trip to the Dallas International Guitar Festival was in order this weekend. The first thing that caught my eye were the colorful vintage guitar straps. Who could resist being drawn to examine beautiful patterns like the one above (offered by a Chicago company called “Souldier”?
Not me! I was fascinated [...]

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Lip Service

March 15, 2009

Sometimes I just pay “lip service” to being frugal, but don’t call me to give me any lip about it! That’s my “new to me” telephone (I don’t really know if it is vintage) — but, yes, it really works. I have named my new “hot lips” phone Angelina — doesn’t it remind [...]

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Adopt An Ancestor

September 17, 2008

Have y’all ever seen the piles of “Lost Ancestors” down at the antique store? Sure you have. There is always a pile of pictures. Photographs of people who never seem to smile. You would think we are descended from a bunch of unhappy people, but I think they just held stern [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #20—I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You

July 25, 2007

This was supposed to be the week of our “vacation,” and we were planning a trip to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, which is one of our favorite places to visit. However, by the time we discovered that we really got this week, rooms at The Crescent were booked. We considered other hotels, but we [...]

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In A Pig’s Eye

July 2, 2007

Raise your hand if you had a piggy bank when you were little. Do you still have that first piggy bank? I have mine. In fact, I have a “pig” I got before my first piggy bank and a whole slew of others as well.
My Granddaddy and I walked down to [...]

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Wordless Wednesday—Essential for a “Well-Heeled” Kitchen

June 19, 2007

This thrift store find was once a store display. Now, the shoe is my spice rack. My kitchen has “sole.”

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Wordless Wednesday–Vignettes

April 4, 2007
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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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“Retroactive” A vintage shop in Mineola, TX

March 8, 2007

See the full story of Retroactive, and Mineola

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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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