Our big summer trip of 2023 has come and gone. It was a success, something I was worried about, but with careful planning, it all went well. This year, we invited my two nieces, ages 13 and 16, to come with us to visit Slovakia, the country where my spouse Igor is from, and then …
Vintage French correspondence
Two of my husband’s work colleagues from Nice, France, are here in California this week. We had them over for dinner because over the years they have become friends of ours. One friend came bearing gifts: some good French wine, some marzipan sweets, and a tissue-paper wrapped gift for me. Inside was a stack of …
A Day at the printer’s fair
I’ve been waiting for the printer’s fair at San Jose History Park to happen this spring for quite some time. Over the last few years I’d heard there was a fair hosted by the San Jose Printer’s Guild, but I never managed to make it. This year I actually put a note in my calendar …
Vintage in the desert
Last weekend my husband and I attended a workshop on making tiny houses, in Joshua Tree, CA, at the Atomic Trailer Ranch. There’s a lot of information in that sentence and even more questions — What was I doing? Where? And why?!! Tiny houses are cool. I’ve got an interest in them. People should have …
