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Food for Fines

It’s the time of year when no one wants to think about coming up with extra cash, so the last thing you want to acknowledge is a library fine. Am I right?

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Great Find: Do you celebrate no-shave November? SOLD

Never nap alone again! These pillow cases, made by Miss Wilma of Kentucky, would look great adorning a settee on your front porch when the 4th of July rolls around next year. This is a Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) hand-embroidered product. $12 plus shipping ($12 for all three). All pillow cases are 10 X 10. For the men in your life that celebrate no-shave November, these could bring encouragement. (Did you know November is no-shave month?)

 Introducing King Edward of England:

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Great Find: Bird pillow cases SOLD

Great finds galore! These beautiful bird pillow cases by Miss Wilma of Kentucky, are a Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) hand-embroidered product. Fall asleep to the delightful chirp of songbirds. $12 plus shipping ($12 for all four). Size is width by height.

14 X 16

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Ho! Portland

Good morning Portland. Thanks for welcoming me. You are one of my favorite cities! I can’t wait to see what you have in store today.

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Two books about Sarajevo

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. –Leon Trotsky

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Great Find: Pillow Cases SOLD

All three pillow cases (cow-donkey-sheep) only $8 plus shipping. Made by Miss Wilma of Kentucky, a Project F.A.R.M. (First-class American Rural Made) hand-embroidered product. Size is width by height.

19 x 14

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Great Find: 1950’s Romance Short Stories purse SOLD

1950’s April edition of Romance Short Stories as a foxy little purse! This totally classy and vintage number will have your friends ooo-ing and awww-ing at the sheek exterior and donning their cat eyeglass frames to read the saucy and dreamy story on the inside.  Only $20, plus shipping and handling.

The front.

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The Book of Awesome

Simply put, The Book of Awesome is AWESOME …

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The Book of Good Cheer

Published 1911, The Book of Good Cheer, p. 23

“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, which remain unknown even to ourselves, or when they are disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor.”

-Robert Louis Stevenson

“There has not been a single day since the world began when the sun was not shining. The trouble has been with our vision.”

Great Find: A Tisket a Tasket, SOLD AT $65

This SPECIAL vintage wire basket is the one MaryJane is holding on the front cover of her first book: MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook—For the Farmgirl in All of Us. Perfect for collecting apples, eggs, cats, or as a wonderful accoutrement to your Ideabook. $25 plus shipping. But wait!!! That’s the minimum bid. This item is going to find its new home through an auction that ends at 3 pm PST, October 5, 2011.

Call the farm (per directions below) and let the bidding begin. We’ll post updates but not WHO is bidding. That will remain private. Did you know that a copy of MaryJane’s first magazine sold for $450 on Ebay? I feel another song coming on.

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