Author Archives: maryjane

Pretty Girls’ Club

Okay, I went along with how to avoid blemishes. Timeless advice really—exercise, preferably outdoors, in addition to treating your organs kindly (they have to filter gunk you eat just like an oil filter in a car), but …

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Hear Ye!

Welcome New Sisters!

Merit Badge Awardees

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Sugar n’ Cream

A treasured yard sale find turned into a treasured handmade knitted dishcloth from …

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Seed Catalog Romance

Are you spending your evenings curled up with a seed catalog? I am. Oh, the possibilities blooming inside my head! Tonight, anything is possible. What a delicious love affair I’m having.

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Surprise Joke

Ad from 1916. It’s a good thing our humor has become modernized. “Best joke out.” Thankfully gone.

Great Find: shoulder cuteness SOLD

What is black and red and cute all over? …

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Picket Fence Romance

Amid the hubbub of our modern must-do-it-all lifestyles, there’s a longing that lingers for simpler schedules and down-home happiness. You know the feeling. I find it necessary to surround myself with little reminders—a rustic framed picture of a frontier woman here, an old cast-iron kitchen tool there. More than a collection of matching frills, they help me keep in touch with my inner farmgirl when the world around me is going a bit bonkers.

One of the most quintessential symbols of sweet and peaceful settings is the …

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