My Favorite Treasures on Etsy. Click on any of them to Visit My Shop!
Vintage French Childrens Book Fables de La Fontaine / Rare 1982 Edition Illustrated by Romain Simon / Gautier Languereau Publishers
Vintage 1960s Sundress Cocktail Sheath Dress / Advance 9770 / Size 18 Bust 38
Vintage Maxann Charm Bracelet with British Style Charms and Enamel Hearts
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Gone, Baby, Gone-Two More Antique Shops Close
It’s January 2013 and two more charming small shops have closed their doors in Beaverton/Raleigh Hills, Oregon. Robin & Wren Antiques & Gifts was a wonderful antique mall just a few blocks from my shop, Penelope’s Hope Chest. They had … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, Beaverton, Big-box store, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Newberg, Oregon, Penelope's Hope Chest, Portland Oregon, Retail, Robin & Wren, shop closing, shop local, Shopping, Small business, support small business, Tea Thyme & Lavender, Union Block Marketplace, vintage, Vintage clothing
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30 Years Later-The life & Death of Brad Koehly
Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the death of someone I loved very dearly. His name was Brad Koehly and we were both 21, madly in love, and students at Chico State University, California. On this date in 1982, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad, Brad Koehly, Chico State, Death, family, Grief Loss and Bereavement, losing someone you love, love
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Whitney Houston and the price of meeting the wrong man
It’s just 24 hours after hearing about the news of Whitney Houston’s death at the age of 48. The autopsy results are not in yet so the cause of her death is just speculation at this point but there’s lots … Continue reading
My Next Guy: A Checklist
We learn along the way. Sometimes the hard way. When we fall in love, our checklist of desired qualities can be set aside while we are swept off our feet and madly in love. My last relationship had some very … Continue reading
Getting on an airplane on 9/11
On a recent trip to the south my friend and I happened to drive through several areas that had just been destroyed by tornadoes. Everyone we talked to had been affected by the tornadoes…some had lost relatives or neighbors…lost businesses … Continue reading
Word of the Year 2011
Word of the Year 2011 Release For many years I chose one word a year to work on and shared it with my family and friends…it usually had something to do with where I was in my life at … Continue reading
One Less Lovely Thing in the World
Let me tell you about this sweet little shop called Sweet Pea Rose Cottage. It sits in a charming vintage shopping center fashioned out of a former motel so the shop has several small rooms all in a row. … Continue reading
slow-poke thinking
There’s always one on every road. I see at least one every day I drive to my shop or around town. When traffic starts slowing down you can bet there’s someone up ahead driving slow and causing a logjam … Continue reading
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Matters of the Heart
I didn’t have big plans Wednesday night. Finish watching Man vs. Food and then on to bed to read a sweet little novel about a bird artist in Newfoundland. I certainly didn’t expect to end up staying overnight in the … Continue reading
Why do we let little things defeat us?
It has been several months since I posted a new blog entry and it is merely that one small detail keeping me away. I had problems posting pictures to my entry. Could not make it work. And that detail alone … Continue reading
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