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Mindful Mending: Repairing a Vintage Cotton Apron
For some reason, poodles seem to be the decade-defining embellishment in our collective cultural memory of the post-war, pre-hippie decade. However, I have never before handled a genuine…
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The Open Window: A Timeless Pleasure of Oncoming Spring
Isn’t it a pleasure to open your windows on a gently warm Spring day and welcome in the breeze?
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A life of layers: the Lens of Material Culture
Some bits of material culture come and go. Others stick with us for centuries. I am fascinated by what stays and what goes. How do our objects, our…
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