This Little Journeys article is a republished article. Original date of publication: September 10th, 2012.
I keep a motto here in my office that reads:
The historian wants more documents than he can really use; the novelist wants…
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Publisher Peter Copeland of the Parchment Press was correct when he wrote, “If Gustav Stickley was considered ‘the forgotten rebel,’ surely Charles Stickley is ‘the forgotten brother.’”
Born in 1860, four years after…
One problem with building a virtual online soapbox from which you can spout your opinions on just about any subject is that you can give people the impression you are an expert. Such was the case when a homeowner called me last week…
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When the time comes that we can look back over this season of self-confinement, it may well be known as The Project Period.
As proof, garden centers, hardware stores, and craft shops have shelves that look like the paper goods aisle…
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Some people call them clichés.
Elbert Hubbard called them mottos.
Intended to inspire confidence, diligence, hope, and common sense, Hubbard could whip off a half dozen even before he had finished his Cream of Wheat breakfast. Originally…
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You know its time to get organized when you find yourself buying books you already have – but cannot find.
I have had a love affair with books since I was a junior in high school writing a term paper on F. Scott…
