Let's start with some fortune cookie wisdom. Nice and optimistic, isn't it? I was going to work the booth on Wednesday and T...

So much to like in this one, from the too cute, retro-style (even back then) outfits the vocalists are wearing to the overly enthusiastic ho...

Hearken ye.... to the start of a tale from the Button Pile! Once upon a time... Lean, baby, lean! in old Pisa... ...

FREE Fat Eddie is Happy Eddie! ICE CREAM! I guess that secret's out now. Seriously, two ice cream cups is part of my ritual...

For me, the best songs are achingly beautiful, yet desperately sad.  That's why I like so many Americana performers.  There's an au...

This is what it's like here right now. It's that hot.  And humid.  And icky.  To top it off, we get these thundering downpours ...

I'm still playing around with my big bag of vintage buttons.   So many fun designs.  The metal ones are my favorites.  I just picked thi...

Can you dig it? I wonder if they fought over who got to wear which coat?

It's finally done!  Or, rather, as done as it's going to get for the moment.  This is my final space: Such as it is.  Sigh! ...

Or like this: And I'm probably making you all feel like htis: Dang, but that would have made an excellent "Retro Y'all!...

You say:  "A day late and a dollar short." I say: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." And together, we...

This is a pretty, vintage rosary. This is a human tooth on an old string. Any questions?

Blame this one on Lorraine . You have to imagine this guy performing the song. Photo "borrowed" from Clamco Let's j...

He's been unleashed!  Let the pigeons loose! Or at least the Mickeys. Snow globes, even tiny ones , where some or most of the li...

I bought a gallon (!) freezer bag FULL of vintage buttons a while back at a thrift.  As I've come across button-worthy jars, I've be...

I love miniatures and other tiny items.  I call them "smaller smalls" or "little littles." These pics were taken BC (b...

First off, I'd like to give a welcome to new reader Tammy, who made her first comments over the weekend.  I'm trying to get better a...

In lieu of a Mazda shot (Moratorium = No Mazda Shot), I hereby present: Tiny Tiny Tiny Kachina! Also, ALF! ...