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Random sporadic postings about this-and-that.
On the Loss of Miss Pansy
Miss Pansy, my dear pug friend and companion of nearly 14 years, crossed the rainbow bridge on December 16, 2012. I have created a vintage pug image archive in her memory here. What follows below are my thoughts on the loss of the best dog a girl could have. It’s a cold afternoon. I’m at [...]
My Glass Tile Pendant Collection
Poking around my sorry excuse for a studio today, I came across a small hoard of glass tile pendants that I had made and then never listed for sale. I did enjoy creating them, but they were a bit labor intensive and basically served to remind me that I really need a kiln. I think [...]
RetroButtons Shop Relaunched
Announcing the relaunch of RetroButtons I’m no stranger to novelty pinback buttons. I’ve bought and lost more of them than I can remember. So it’s a good thing that I can now make them myself! Whenever I have a silly idea or find a curious vintage image that I think would work within the confines [...]
Victorian Philadelphia Cemetery Monuments
I stumbled upon an old CD backup from 1997 containing scans I made from physical photographic prints of a visit to Laurel Hill Cemetery and Mount Vernon Cemetery, both right across the street from each other in Philadelphia, PA. Considering that the scanner I used has long since been consigned to the trash heap, I’ve [...]
Philly is Grotesque: A Glimpse of Whimsy Before the Wrecking Ball Comes Calling.
Just a few photos of a favorite family of grotesques in residence at the Philadelphia Episcopal Parish House on the 3700 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Sadly, their home will soon be demolished to make way for a 25-story apartment tower, their fate unknown. I have to believe they’ll be salvaged, but that does not [...]
Making Ice Cream The Hard Way: The White Mountain Hand-Crank Ice Cream Freezer
This article was published in my old newsletter, Miss Mary’s Gazette, in July 2005. In the time since, the wooden barrel/bucket part of the White Mountain freezer has been used as a Christmas tree stand, a storage bin for potatoes, and most recently, as a waste paper basket. Needless to say, I’ve not attempted to [...]
