Author Archives: maryjane

Great Find: Tin-tastic! SOLD

Posted on January 10, 2012 by maryjane

This little tin lady is looking to adorn your washroom. $4 plus shipping. Measures 12″ x 16″.

All proceeds (minus shipping and packing) will benefit …

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You’ve Got Mail (from the U.K.)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by maryjane

A surprise package arrived this past week, coming all the way from the U.K. What does the group of women who made this stocking (Much Ado Books), firstbook.org, the island of Rota, and Captain James Arruda Henry have in common?

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photo-of-the-day

Posted on January 7, 2012 by maryjane

Sugar and spice. And everything nice.

Posted on January 7, 2012 by maryjane

Sugar & spice & everything nice, etc. Remember the poem? It may sound fluffy by today’s standards, and one could argue that it has an air of gender-bias to it, but I believe the lyrical list of things “girls are made of” had its heart in the right place. Who cares if it …

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photo-of-the-day

Posted on January 6, 2012 by maryjane

Literate Lobsterman

Posted on January 6, 2012 by maryjane

It’s hard to imagine there are people in the U.S. who cannot read. Where would you be today if you hadn’t slipped into The Secret Garden, tagged along on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, jaunted Around the World in 80 Days, or made yourself at home in The Little House on the Prairie? The books I’ve read have spirited me away on incredible journeys, paths I would never have been able to tread had I not been able to read.

Enter Captain James Arruda Henry …

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