Found! An early Parker Brothers game I discovered a ragged little box in a cupboard in my grandparents’ home in...
Social History
The spookiest night of the year is looming! And today I found an old yellowed sheet of paper dated 1942,...
Stories in a tin box I love this slim little box! Fitted perfectly inside it were greeting cards my Great...
In awe of great grandmothers I have just discovered several antique cards nestled in a small tin box - greetings...
Antique Stencils and a Clay Pipe As the long Easter weekend rolls around, I’ve been thinking about bunnies and chicks,...
Brocklin Toys of Nova Scotia During a recent garage-cleaning, I was delighted to find a toy that I played with...
The Story of a Candy Box In a current decluttering effort, I pulled a scruffy box of old letters from...
Bugs, Snow White, The Flintstones, Superman, Prince Valiant - created by Canadian artists. This week marked the 80th anniversary of...
A poem by Edmund Vance Cooke 1903 I found this poem in Nana's recipe box in the old Nova Scotia...
No matter what you call these books, they’re full of surprises. History research, The Crown, and artist posts are three...
Beyond the Internet – Paper, People, Pointers Genealogy research has become much more accessible using the internet. But sometimes it...
First Female Doctors – A Personal Connection! Murdoch Mysteries, a female surgeon, and Canadian composer Howard Cable. How do they...
Do you remember Shrinky-Dinks®? I participated in a “Crafternoon” at the Orillia Museum of Art and History (OMAH) this week,...