Author Archives: Administrator

The past week or so I’ve been feverishly working on creating a fresh look for my website.  The pages are now wider and what was previously the border is now the entire background.  Sounds simple, but just making the pages … Continue reading →

Happy New Year!  Hard to believe that just about a year has passed since my first posting on this blog.  I hope I haven’t bored to tears all you folks out there that take the time to read my musings!  … Continue reading →

Black Friday & Shop Small Saturday have come & gone, thank goodness!  Much too hectic for me & not quite the mental picture I have of shopping during the holiday season.  I would much rather browse a quiet antique shop, … Continue reading →

From previous posts you may have noticed that I’m ‘involved’ (to put it mildly) with our little local Woodstock Museum.  One of the benefits of being a volunteer board member has turned out to be the unforeseen connections & friendships … Continue reading →

What a week for the eastern U.S.!  Started with a 5.8 earthquake in central Virginia felt, apparently, everywhere and ended with hurricane Irene.  The earthquake was a very different experience…everyone I’ve spoken to locally said that while it was happening … Continue reading →

I headed into the weekend looking forward to attending a local auction that actually had a few real ANTIQUES featured, when I suddenly wasn’t able to hear out of my left ear!  Heeding my own advice to myself about going … Continue reading →

FINALLY feeling human again!  The last few weeks have had me dragging with what was probably the flu followed by pneumonia…should have gone to the Dr, but you know how that goes!  Everyday I felt like I was getting better, … Continue reading →

Back in May a local TV station contacted me regarding an idea I had proposed when they were filming me for a bit they did on our local Woodstock Museum in January of this year.  Rt 11, which is Main … Continue reading →

It’s been a poignant month of May.  Our dear old gal dog, Emma, passed on early in the month at the hardy age of 16 1/2…a nice long life for our beautiful chocolate lab / golden retriever accidental mix!  All … Continue reading →

Somehow I let April 1st slip by without mentioning that the shop celebrated its 25th anniversary on that day!  Twenty-five years ago I was a young thing with a toddler in tow as I scoured the other local shops & … Continue reading →