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Flying Away...
12/13

Flying Away…

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Well, I haven’t been posting so much lately that you’d notice, perhaps, but I’ll be away for an extended visit in India over the next weeks….So Happy New Year! I hope that 2013 is magical for you. These beautiful antique…

Nutmeg to-go
03/23

Nutmeg to-go

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How I’d love to find a dusty old 19th century pocket nutmeg grinder in some antique shop. After silverware was introduced in England’s taverns and inns in the 17th century, these precious—and deadly—items were quickly removed again. The cost was…

Fortune's Blooms
03/15

Fortune’s Blooms

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I‘m planning out a garden and thinking about blooms—and botanical hunters—today. It used to be in centuries past that sailing captains, missionaries and professional botanists made it their business to hunt all over China for new flower to export to Europe…