Archive for May, 2020

Flag Day June 14 Reminds Us of Our Heritage

Flag Day June 14 Reminds Us of Our Heritage

   We want to do everything possible to promote patriotism and to honor our beautiful, meaningful flag. This is our duty to our ancestors, the brave men and women who fought, and in many instances died, to preserve what our flag stands for. It is our responsibility to our armed forces throughout the world who are maintaining our freedom and preserving […]

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Thoreau’s Writings Are Still Worthy of Consideration

Thoreau’s Writings Are Still Worthy of Consideration

By Paul Emerson DeStefano Honors English 10, Conifer High School    Today, the novel coronavirus disease (2019) has caused a widespread global pandemic decimating humanity. People across the world are forced indoors in fear of infection which has been a perfect agar plate to swab and colonate the detriments of society into the thoughts of many.    Throughout the writings of Henry […]

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Antique Detective: Knowing Ceramics Affects Value

Antique Detective: Knowing Ceramics Affects Value

By Anne Gilbert    Confusion reigns for the many beginning collectors of ceramic items. Much of my reader mail calls everything “china.” Actually they may be referring to one of the three major categories: earthenware, stoneware or porcelain. Each of these in turn break down into various techniques. For instance porcelain can be bone china, English soft past or Chinese hard […]

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Venturing Out

Venturing Out

By Sandy Dale    Finally, Florence and the rest of the world are opening up a little at a time. I’m old and a little nervous about this, but if I stayed cooped up much longer with my art projects, my gardening, and my cleaning goals I would go completely crazy. Not just the silly old lady people think I am, […]

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The Beauty of Bakelite Jewelry

The Beauty of Bakelite Jewelry

By Robert Reed    After all these years the beauty of Bakelite jewelry with its smooth and sleek contours and its flowing colors of autumn remain as charming as it was decades ago.    Ironically one of the world’s first true plastics, invented almost by accident, rose to glory as perhaps the most endearing type of costume jewelry of the 20th century. […]

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