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EW sent me two scalloped pewter plates, one with a lion and the other portraying a lizard or dragon. Both are pewter, eighty-five percent or so tin with lead and …

MMG crammed many lives into one glorious one as a tennis pro, interior designer, and antiques dealer, and now wants to downsize. She sent me photos of her collections. One …

This COVID experience taught us that no one lives forever, and the importance of certain tasks: insurance, heirship decisions, donations. Situations call us to act from our center, and we …

My history with Scotland includes meeting my son’s father there. So when DG sent me an old Scottish chest of drawers, the prospect of fruitful research thrilled me. DG grew …

Two interrelated crises (one social and one biological) challenges the way we deal with our home environments, and how we tend our home and hearths. The recent loss of my …

In the 1930s, the early years of refrigeration, the refrigerator market boomed. Inventors became busy with new ideas for many types of units for the home. A whole slew of …

MV’s dad asked his daughter to send me a photograph of a 20 x 24″ oil on canvas signed on the back (signed verso) by Grigori Gluckmann (Grigori Efimovich Gluckmann, …

An entry in the Wyoming State Museum of Cheyenne meant the world to EF, whose mother turned 98. A friend of hers found two paintings in a thrift store marked …

Dr. Elizabeth Stewart tells a deeply personal story about the importance of listening to the voice of an object, especially with all the noise surrounding this pandemic time. If the …

Lompoc telephone and business history interconnect in the early 20th century. KM of Montecito sent me a photograph of George Washington Moore Sr.. This Lompoc rancher/merchant also fathered the man …