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True stories, tall tales, discoveries, writing, crafting, and curiosities.
An Antique Toy Soldier from the Great War
I love to collect things when I am researching a story. Ephemera, old newspapers, books, postcards, and magazines are fascinating for their content and worldview, for better or worse. I started researching WWI after seeing a vintage poster from after the...
Regifting Over the Holidays?
Considering "regifting" this year? Etiquette experts say it is perfectly okay to regift if you give with good intentions and thoughtfulness. You won't be the first one nor likely the last. Mary Agnes Tincker, a nineteenth-century author from Ellsworth, Maine, wrote...