Change. debilitating. earth-shaking. fright. UGH! I get to talk with the most interesting people. Because I sell antiques, they marvel at the "trip down memory lane". In almost all conversations, the talk turns to the job of disassembling a grandparents' home, moving mom to the nursing home. The job of...

  This past week, I spent about three hours in my favorite antique mall in Ohio. After the first hour, I began to sense something I had not noticed before. Lots of REPRODUCTIONS. These days, the woman who is decorating her house is no longer an antique purist. She loves...

When I was younger, shopping was a huge deal. Getting into the car and going to huge malls and strip shopping centers were the thing. The variety was overwhelming....and it was not in my own town. My own community had a 5 and dime store, a pharmacy with a soda...