Archive for January, 2022

What Is It? February 2022

What Is It? February 2022

We had two guesses for our February’s What Is it. Charles Kirkpatrick of Denver, Colorado says it seems like some sort of candelabra (or some kind of lamp) and Jacque Rutledge  of Northglenn, Colorado agrees, saying it is a lighting fixture. We weren’t sure ourselves but these answers seem to make sense to us. Our first thought was that maybe […]

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Those Fancy Valentines: A Gift from the Victorians

Those Fancy Valentines: A Gift from the Victorians

By Robert Reed   If you love me as I love you, Then you will be my sweetheart true. – verse from fancy, heart-shaped 19th century Valentine.    Giving valentines to those dear to us has been a practice for centuries but it was the Victorians that made them so wonderfully fancy.  During the 17th century both men and women […]

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American History

American History

February Anniversaries February 1 National Freedom Day (1865) February 2 Groundhog Day February 4 George Washington elected first President (1789) February 4 Founding the USO (1941) February 12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday February 14 Valentine’s Day February 21 President’s Day February 22 George Washington’s Birthday   “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in […]

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Congratulations on 50 years of the Mountain States Collector

 Dear Jon and Peg, Congratulations on 50 years of publishing the Mountain States Collector! I’ve been reading it that long. My late parents and I are antiques dealers and have enjoyed the newsy articles, ads, calendar and steadfast monthly publications.  I worked with Jon on several CEA local association papers way back to the late 1970s including the JCEA Insight […]

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Beating the Blahs Again

By Sandy Dale  Again, it is February.  Sometimes cold, sometimes sunny, sometimes icy, sometimes snowy.  It’s Colorado, right?  Don’t like it today? Could be worse tomorrow, or unseasonably warm.  The “holidays” have come and gone, we’ve finally got the decorations taken down and put away.  (Okay, some of us really like the lights and are pokey about taking them down.)  […]

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