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"A long time collector of ‘things' Peter trawls the markets with his wife textile designer Karen Nicol and collects old stamps, faded maps, love letters, labels, buttons, dress making patterns, playing cards, textiles cotton webbing that binds books and paper boxes for the basis of his work" more »

Cleopatra: A Life — In the end, we must ask ourselves if Stacy Schiff, one of the most gifted American biographers currently writing, has successfully peeled away two millennia of myth and propaganda or, rather, given us a new myth, a Cleopatra who fits modern, Western feminist thinking. In the Pursuit of Happiness — To call Maria Kalman's work idiosyncratic isn’t nearly powerful enough to describe what she has produced. It is an explosion of such brilliance that one scarcely knows where to start more »

We haven't added a new dog to our family since our Puli had to be put down. But we were intrigued by the related items we found in the latest Selvedge Magazine. For instance, the intriguing aspect of knitting our own dog more »

We did finally try our Shea Moisure Organic Raw Shea Butter Wash with .... wait for it ... Frankincense & Myrrh! It gives off a marvelous aroma which, in the midst of winter, is comforting and appealing. It's listed as Anti-Aging, (isn't everything n… more »