Santa’s Letterbox “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus…” begins the response to the famous letter written to the editor of the New York Sun in 1897 by 8 year old Virginia O’Hanlon asking if Santa truly exists. Writing a letter to Santa Claus is as much part of Christmas tradition as the tree. Macy’s in […]
Time Capsule
Tick-tock Clocks have a funny way of haunting me. It’s like that nefarious horror scene in the movies where the gongs are ringing, the tick-tock sounds are magnified and soon the main character is shuffled off to the insane asylum. Clocks can illuminate the passing of time for us, can’t they? Have you made a […]
Mad Men and their Mothers
I am loving this colour of green right now. In fact, as you may know, emerald has been denoted as the colour for 2013. And this car! It just would not be ignored. I can say with confidence — thanks to Jackie over at Gasoline Alley Museum at Heritage Park —that is is a 1937 Hudson […]


