Category Archives: thrift shop finds

meatloaf and mashed potatoes and moms

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

How can you be annoyed by a person who makes dinner for you and does dishes and tidies up little neglected corners of your home and convinces the teenager to apologize to his mad mother after he doesn’t show up when he says … Continue reading →

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monday #1, big pink chair

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

My ring is encrusted with clay, Sonora White, my eyes are bugging out ’cause I spent the last hour or so filling out an on-line state university application, and now I’m gonna settle into my big pink wing-back thrift store … Continue reading →

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Jay-walking and thrift-shopping in downtown Pet-a-Llama

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

No Llamas were injured in the writing of this post. Theme for Friday: strange things crossing the street in strange places. Driving through the bucolic countryside enroute to Pet-a-Llama, I swerved to avoid a large empty can rolling across the road, … Continue reading →

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mini-finds

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Within a week of Ivan bringing home the framed Saturday Night Fever album, I found the John Travolta figurine at my favorite thrift store. (Sacks Thrift Avenue in Petaluma, California)  Synchronicity. Love your comments!

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play

Posted on October 2, 2010 by

Happy Saturday, everybody.  Marty is here, he’s out walking the dogs, we just got up, I’m drinking my tea.  I’m sure you’ll all be fascinated to know that I cleaned my house the other day, in anticipation of Marty’s arrival.  … Continue reading →

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I’m baaaaaack

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

Back from the weekend in Fort Bragg, Mendocino, and Ukiah.  Back from the weekend of indulgence, courtesy of Marty.  We ate and shopped and walked on the beach with the dogs.  Then we ate some more and shopped some more and walked … Continue reading →

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