“For the sense of smell has the power, more than any other, to recall memories.” -Rachel Carson- journal entry: There was a time when I thought that potpourri lasted only a season. I guess it still depends on what is in it. I love potpourri. The best thing about this …
“One woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure.” -Unknown- journal entry: I have long wondered why people collect the things they do. Wouldn’t it be interesting to know? If you collect pigs, what does that mean? If you collect books? Shoes? China? I don’t know why I am drawn to the …
“Broken cookies don’t have calories.” -Unknown- journal entry: Collections. Most of us didn’t start out thinking we were collecting. I have several things that I have always been drawn to throughout my life. Like cookie cutters. Over the years, one here and one there . . . I have …
“In the childhood memories of every good cook there’s a large kitchen, a warm stove, a simmering pot and a mom.” -Barbara Costikyan- journal entry: Grandmothers often take for granted that younger people know what their grandmother’s knew. That is because grandmothers have the mistaken impression that everything they taught …
“Never wear anything that panics the cat.” -P.J. O’Rourke- journal entry: There are many reasons to clean out things. To organize and throw away. This morning it was my filing cabinet next to my desk. If you file things away, you better be able to remember where they are. Filing …
“My alphabet starts with this letter called yuzz. It’s the letter I use to spell yuzz-a-ma-tuzz. You’ll be sort of surprised what there is to be found once you’ve gone beyond “Z” and start poking around.” -Dr. Seuss- journal entry: One of my favorite things to do in life is …
“A half-baked idea is okay as long as it is in the oven.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: If I had kept every idea I ever clipped out of a magazine or saw in the newspaper or heard about through the grapevine or had on my own . . . I …
“Don’t take your toys inside just because it’s raining.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: Is there anything this Grandpa can’t do? Not that I’ve noticed. Boys and guns have gone together since who knows when. These are safe guns. The only trouble they can cause is a welt or two if …
“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a songbird will come.” -Chinese Proverb- journal entry: While I love the world I am not what you would call a “tree hugger” although I have hugged a tree before for different reasons. I believe in practical uses for all of …
“Jewelry takes people’s minds off of your wrinkles.” -Author Unknown- journal entry: This is scrapbook jewelry. It just keeps getting better and better. Keeping it in sight is another matter. At first I used tiny, individual, see-through plastic jars for each type of “embellishment”. When it became apparent that I …
