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A Million Little Boxes for a Million Little Things
"Is it a snuff box… or for for smelling salts?" Marcie guessed. Karinka thought it might be, "…a small container (which must have had at one time a stopper), for the ceremony to carry the water in with which a…
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French Antique Guessing Game
It is always a kick when I find something at the brocante that I haven't a clue as to what it is. Yesterday I gotta kick. The brocante dealer told me what he thought it was… I was doubtful, turning…
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Brocanting Began with a Belly Flop
If there is anything that can make my heart beat like a passionate drum, it is going to the brocante. Anytime, anywhere, high end or low end, even in a dumpster. Even if it means driving five hours to the…
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I Remember You as Loving Me
Deep the joy of being together in one heart and for me that’s just where it is. All I ask of you is forever to remember me as loving you. All I ask of you is forever to remember me…
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Tomorrow will be a beautiful Day
Tomorrow would be my Father's 83rd birthday. The flood gate opens, though the memories rushing through are not of the last days of his life. Those last months of sadness, those haunting images, the raw feelings of grief have less…
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Brocanting in the Two Hundred Year Old House
My friend Mimi is back in France on a buying trip for her soon to be shop. We met on-line a few years ago. She has the brocante bug badly. Bad enough, that when she has vacation from her "real…