As the car eased out of the motel parking lot, a thought was nagging in the back of my brain. Was I wasting my time? Any contemporaries of my grandmother were long gone. Maybe too much time had passed.
This whole quest had begun by happenstance. Opening a shop to sell my vintage collection was ...
Finding Madge – Kemper County, MississippiWith Miss Thelma’s canned goods safely tucked in the back seat, we headed off to the 'big city' of DeKalb, county seat of Kemper County, Mississippi. Our destination? The Kemper County Historical Museum. Miss Thelma put in a good word for us since the m...
A Pleasant Low Country Afternoon in Bluffton South Carolina
Madge met a gal pal last week to have lunch at one of her favorite shopping areas in the low country – historic Bluffton, South Carolina. If you are not familiar with the low country, it covers the coastal areas of Georgia and South Caroli...
Finding Madge - Back to Mississippi
That spring Madge was back on the road. A social commitment in Dallas allowed a road trip through Mississippi. The plan: spend a couple of days in Scooba plus do some archival research in Jackson. It was finally time to try to put the pieces together on grandmo...
Out for a walk, Madge ran into a next-door neighbor dressed in skinny jeans tucked into tall black leather boots. Her long nubby sweater was capped off with a wool scarf, knotted just so. She was so in style. She was . . . in second grade.Shirley TempleShirley Temple Black passed away this month ...
Remember all of those fun Valentine's cards from elementory school? Or that special note from you high school beau? How about that sentimental card from your spouse? Be our vintage Valentine this year and enjoy this blast from Valentine's Days past. Also, while you are here shop our sensational...
