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Retro Christmas, part III

My last post was written specifically for a contest, and was considerably shorter than my usual stuff. In fact, I’d actually written a much longer post and wound up condensing it to fit within the parameters. But it bothers me. Not that it’s short, but that it’s so severely edited. Christmas is one of my [...]

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Mon, November 30 2009 » Vintage & Retro Style, family, holidays, nostalgia » 2 Comments

We Wish You A Retro Christmas, part II

Freelance hasn’t kept me as busy as I would have hoped this year. I don’t have the extra money to buy whatever ornaments and decorations strike my fancy, let alone extravagant gifts. Instead, this is an opportunity to rewind to the Christmases of my youth. To use the ornaments I’ve collected from past years of [...]

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Fri, November 27 2009 » Vintage & Retro Style, blogging, family, gardening, holidays, nostalgia » 4 Comments

Mid-Century Sugar Dispenser

The above is a photo, hastily taken in my father’s kitchen, of my grandmother’s sugar dispenser. With full permission, my dad got it when my grandmother moved to her condo, and was no longer in the mental or physical condition required for entertaining. My grandmother had it for about as long as anyone can remember, [...]

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Sun, November 15 2009 » Vintage & Retro Style, citizens, family, nostalgia » No Comments

Vintage Sewing: Part Two

Part Two: In which fabric has been sourced. In part, out of my linen closet, where I found a set of sheets and somewhat matching curtains left over from my old apartment. The sheets, a solid, very pale lilac in the neighborhood of Pantone 14-3911 for those of you with Shopping Guides,* are cheap (also [...]

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Wed, June 3 2009 » Vintage & Retro Style, family, fashion, sewing, shopping » 2 Comments

To Boldy Go Where Only The 7pm Audience Has Gone Before

I am not a Trekkie. There are many characteristics that certain immediate family members and I share, but a nearly-encyclopedic knowledge of Star Trek characters and stories and timelines is not among them. However, living in a household with two aficionados (and my nearby uncle, a third) means that I did watch many episodes as [...]

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Fri, May 8 2009 » amusement, family, friends, nostalgia » 4 Comments