I love gardening. I have learned a lot about it and learning means growth but also often requires hard work. In gardening that hard work is physical and exhausting. I have more lilies than most and while they are magnificent, they require more time to clean up than the time they are in bloom. So
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08/23/2019
Liquidating my space at the Antique Gallery is hard. Here are three neat objects someone here may like and want. The first is a very neat old brass pot with a handle that could be used for any number of things including but limited to firewood. It is $50.00This next item is a silver pot without
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08/22/2019
I am leaving the antique gallery where I have a space at the end of next month. Long story short the building was sold and while the owner is giving my boss several more months, she is leaving shortly and didn't tell anyone. It is a big job to liquidate the thousands of items I have but yesterday
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08/22/2019
About forty years ago I read a wonderful book by Studs Terkel called Working. I don't know why I chose it but it has stayed with me always and last night I saw a revival of a play based on this book. The original play was done in 1977. The revival I saw, in my neighborhood no less, included music
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08/21/2019
I have finally figured out that the only way I am going to be able to clear out my space at the antique gallery where I have worked for the last two years, is to do it myself. I haven't been able to get another dealer to buy me out and there isn't enough traffic for me to sell the rest of the stu
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08/20/2019
I wear progressive lenses and I broke my eye glasses last night. I believe my prescription is still fine but I have an appointment in early September. About a month ago I stopped into my place for an adjustment to my existing glasses which they no longer sell and can not service. A replacement ev
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08/20/2019
I am grappling with how to move the inventory I have left at the space I have in the local antique gallery. The gallery is moving and I am not going. Organization is required and that is tough. I have to weigh how long I can hang in and try and liquidate my inventory, and then make arrangements t
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08/19/2019
And in the northeast it is still hot and humid but I have things I must do today and I will tackle them. Although I am not sure how much I will get done, I am about to get going. I am learning again that life is about doing the very best we can with the tools we have. My tool aren't as sharp as t
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08/19/2019
It is really hot and humid here in the Berkshires. I don't cope well with this kind of weather. I am working in the antique gallery where I have a space. It has been really slow and I am about done in. I have three hours to go and if it were my shop, I would close and go home and take a cold show
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08/18/2019
It is still hot and humid in my neck of the woods and I am working at the antique gallery where I have a booth. It isn't air-conditioned, there is no bathroom, and I will be leaving next month. The owner has not been forthcoming about her plans and I continued to acquire things to sell because sh
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08/18/2019
