I never paid much attention to where I shopped for groceries until I left the workaday world. These days I do a good deal of our grocery shopping though and somewhere along the way I started paying attention. I do over half of our shopping… Read More
Yesterday Tuffy P told me, I washed your pillow and it exploded in the wash. Well, these things happen. She pointed out that our pillows were a wedding present so we’ve been enjoying them for 16 years. OK, I’ll pick up a new pillow in… Read More
I started out early at the Sam Smith Park Farmer’s Market. I had been there on the first morning, but there were few stalls set up. I thought I would wait a couple weeks and check it out again. There were a dozen or more… Read More
For some reason I enjoy the chaos which is Starsky’s on a Saturday afternoon…
There are two Christie Antique Shows each year, in May and September. Calling it an antique show is maybe stretching things. It’s a show of stuff…everything from antiques to junk, located in a conservation area not far from Hamilton. It’s hard to buy junk these… Read More
Tuffy P is on a de-cluttering mission and is planning a yard sale for Saturday. If it doesn’t rain, it’s on for 8:00 a.m. There is going to be a serious pile of excellent stuff out there from books and tools to an old organ… Read More
Most people around here do most of their planting in the spring. Our circumstance is a little different in that this season we have expanded our gardens mid-summer – and added a canoe garden. The new gardens are partially planted but we saved some room… Read More
There is a very nice Polish grocery store not so far from Anchovy World Headquarters, called Starsky’s. Among other things, they have an excellent selection of Polish sausages from Goralska to double-smoked. They also feature lots of different smoked fish and excellent fresh-baked breads. You… Read More
I just heard on the radio that Justin Bieber has his own line of fragrances. I told Tuffy P about it, suggesting that The Beebs has a little lab in a trailer he takes with him everywhere, and after performances, he goes back there and… Read More
We enjoyed following the Slotin Folk Art auction on-line over the weekend. We even bought a bit of art for Anchovy World Headquarters, including Ascension of Elijah, pictured below, by Lauren S. Kittle. Slotin’s auctions are set up so you can bid in person, by… Read More
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