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A #Safetypin from Another Era

A #Safetypin from Another Era

Who remembers this safety pin creation? While rummaging through a drawer looking for something else, there it was. I’m pretty sure someone…
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Laurie Levy
The Lost Photographs of Penang

The Lost Photographs of Penang

Sometimes the mystery is more interesting than solving it.
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Ted Anthony
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I Love Minimalism: Why Am I Writing about Stuff?

I Love Minimalism: Why Am I Writing about Stuff?

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Judy O Haselhoef
Just Browsing

Just Browsing

In a Googlized world, the serendipity of devouring facts the old-fashioned way still produces a special kind of joy. All it takes is a…
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Ted Anthony
Episode 6: The Stuff of Christmas

Episode 6: The Stuff of Christmas

It’s hardly news that Christmas — at least in modern America — is all about the stuff.
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Debbie Galant
Episode 5: Fun With Dick and Jane

Episode 5: Fun With Dick and Jane

What happens when you come across a vintage edition of “Fun with Dick and Jane” in an out-of-the-way bookshop? And you look inside and…
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Debbie Galant
Staging a House and Erasing a Home

Staging a House and Erasing a Home

My daughter just put her house on the market. She and her family are living there but it is no longer their home. Looking at her listing…
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Laurie Levy
Episode 4: Getting Rid of Books

Episode 4: Getting Rid of Books

Books! Books. Books!! BOOKS!!!
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Debbie Galant
Episode 3: Cellphone Transcendent

Episode 3: Cellphone Transcendent

If you read the cartoons in The New Yorker, it’s perfectly obvious: The cell phone has become a symbol of our complete obnoxiousness as a…
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Debbie Galant
Klansman in the Attic

Klansman in the Attic

What happens when the thing you find while cleaning out your loved one’s possessions is the very symbol of malevolence?
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Debbie Galant
What To Do with Mom’s Yearbook?

What To Do with Mom’s Yearbook?

It’s taking up space. But maybe it’s supposed to.
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Stewart Schley
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