A while back I was visiting my aunt in Santa Fe, and enjoying all there was to do in such an arts-filled town. While I plan on writing more about that later, this post relates to the fact that shortly after I returned home, I received a package from her which included this Native American … Read more
I don’t remember the exact year, maybe it was 1979 or 1980, and I was still in grade school. There was a kid in my class who was a year older (we were in an “Open Program” class, with multiple grades), and one day he asked me if I would be interested in collecting beer … Read more
I was going through some boxes in storage and happened upon a collection of football cards and stickers from the 1970s. I pulled out these stickers that I hadn’t looked through in ages, and had forgotten that wherever or whenever I got them – in a trade with some other kid, I believe – that … Read more
I remember visiting a Pier 1 Imports store a few years ago, I was shopping for some items for my kitchen. As I got on the line to pay, I noticed the couple in front of me, holding some mass produced image on canvas, I think it might have been some clouds, or some sort … Read more
This 1972 Topps baseball card, with Billy Cowan of the California Angels, has always been a favorite in my baseball card collection. The photographer must have had a good sense of humor, to have Cowan pose in this exact location, allowing the halo in the background to be perfectly positioned over his head! Curious about … Read more