I have to be careful when I begin a sentence with, "I collect..." I tend to be obsessive about acquiring things. Which is why it...

  Out of the blue today I got a message from a guy on eBay about this ice axe I have listed for sale. I'd picked it up on sale at an ant...

  I found this plaster bas relief sculpture at...guess...yes Goodwill. I paid more than I usually like to pay at a thrift store, but I figur...

  I am sad that Pope Francis has died. Ironically, it was 20 years ago just before I got married that Pope John Paul II died. We were on a c...

  The Titanic struck an ice berg and sank 113 years ago today. About 1500 people died making it one of the worst disasters in maritime histo...

  It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that just because someone looks old, it doesn't mean they feel old.  Other than occasion...

 One of the things I really enjoy about haunting thrift stores and finding abandoned objects and researching what they are and their history...

  It is National Coffee Cake Day. Which makes me think how frivol of a thing to celebrate when the Orange Menace is destroying the world eco...

  Irony of irony, I spent all of this time loading designs on Red Bubble and all of a sudden I start selling t-shirts on Zazzle.  Go figure.

  I made my first sale on Red Bubble (though it was a coffee cup and not a t-shirt)!  And that's not all! I ate at a Chinese restaurant ...

  It's National Cheesesteak Day! And before you think that concept is all wet, here's a real Sub Sandwich that is served in (and on)...

  It's National Near Miss Day. Go ahead and take a shot. What do you have to lose?