Article Archives: What’s in the Attic?

What’s in a Name?

September 11, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There was a time when it was all so simple. An antique mall was just that, a building where you purchased antiques. In the antique malls of 2014 you will still find ample antiquity (objects that are 100 years old or older) but, on an ever increasing scale, you will … Read More

The Music Goes Round and Round

September 4, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

“Sunday, Monday, happy days. Tuesday Wednesday, happy days. Thursday, Friday, happy days . . . groovin’ all week with you”. With these lyrics, the hit sitcom Happy Days came bounding into our homes from 1974-1984 and as we watched the opening credits many of us saw a familiar site from … Read More

To Turn a Phrase

August 21, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Some of my fondest recollections of childhood were the times I spent with my Grandpa Hamer. I always enjoyed our conversations and the interesting phrases he would use. As we worked together in his raspberry patch, I remember him saying to me “just because your friends are doing it doesn’t … Read More

Now Why Didn’t I Think of That?

August 14, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

According to the dictionary definition repurpose means “ to change or adapt something so it can be used for a purpose other than it’s original intent.” As one of the many who spend their free time “repurposing” I like to think of it as bringing new life to what my … Read More

Money in the Bank

August 7, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

First appearing in 1793, shortly after the first copper penny was minted in the U.S., the iron bank became an instant collectable for affluent children and their parents. Very few of the earliest banks survived the Civil War of the mid-1800s. The ones that did are found in museums or … Read More