Look! I found the most amazing thing at St Vincent de Paul’s the other day. It’s a Seaman’s manual. I bet that a current version of this is still in use in the Navy, but no doubt it has ben modified and reformed. This version contains references to getting a “square deal” from your superiors, [...]

I’ve been organizing all of my stuff today. I have half of my parents basement full of endless boxes of junk. I’ve been on a quest lately to get rid of lots of it, or make it useful. It’s all neat junk. It’s all sentimental junk. It’s all wonderfully unique and charming, but it’s become [...]

Now all I need is a great entryway. Last week Jullia and I went to the Fox Theater early in the morning and after wandering through rows of dusty chairs I settled on a quadruplet set. Yes… I am the proud owner of a set of original chairs from the Fox Theater. They aren’t in [...]