I have written about recognition of the familiar before.   So I was happy that I immediately recognized the fox stealing a goose on a patte...

Child's 7.25 inch plate with a molded alphabet border.   I have often been curious why the donkey and elephant are the symbols of...

Summer vegetable and queso tostadas with fairy tale eggplants and spicy crema on a Spode Sunflower pattern blue and white plate.     ...

Black printed brick-shaped money box, 6.3 inches by 4.3 inches by 4.1 inches high.  It is illustrated with five patterns designed for ch...

Early 19th century teapot with a center pattern depicting a child reading a book.  It is known as "The Reader."  I have been ...

Darla Roberts Barclay (1940-2010) August 7 is National Friendship Day, so I thought I'd write about Darla Barclay, who was my best...

There is a National Rat Catcher Day!  Really.  It is celebrated on July 22,  and it commemorates the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (th...