WHIMSY, FOLK ART, DISCARDED OLD KNICK KNACKS...A DISTINCTIVE LOOKING HOME, ALL THINGS ACHIEVED BY CHASING THE DREAM. ALWAYS SEARCHING, NEVER QUITE ACHIEVING THE PERFECT, THE RARE, THE OLD, THE UNUSAL...IT IS ALL THE SAME TO A RUE COLLECTOR. WE THRIVE ON THE THRILL OF THE HUNT. WE NEED TO CAPTURE IT, IT'S WHO WE ARE...WE ARE DRIVEN TO HAVE
I HATE THIS BLOG, I HAVE ERASED SO MAN BLOGS BY ACCIDENT I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. I HAVE TRIED TO COMPILE REASONS WHY COUNTRY IS SO UNIVERSAL. IT MAKES SENSE TO LOVE WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER. IT'S A LIFESTYLE. LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE AND IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER. STYLES AND FADS COME AND GO; PUT BEAUTIFUL SHAPES AND ELEGANT OBJECTS SHOULD SPEAK TO YOU. THE MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRY ASPECT IS IT FEELS COMFORTABLE AND WARM. PEOPLE WON'T DELICATELY CROSS THEIR FEET, THEY PUT THEM UP ON COFFEE TABLES THAT ARE USUALLY BLANKET CHESTS, CUT-DOWN FARMER TABLES, OVERSTUFFED OTTOMAN, WAGONS...IMAGINATION BEING THE ONLY BARRIER TO RICH, COMFORTABLE COUNTRY STYLE.
TRUE, HELPFUL, INSPIRATIONAL, NECESSARY, KIND...WORDS TO LIVE BY, I AM OFTEN ASKED ABOUT PERSONAL AFFAIRS OF PEOPLES LIVES. I DON'T GO LOOKING FOR IT, IT JUST COMES TO ME. I RUN THIS CRAZY ANTIQUE STORE AND OFTEN PEOPLE ARE BRAZEN IN THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THEY OFFER ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND LOVES. I USUALLY JUST SAY, BECAUSE I AM HONEST. JUST SAY. I AM NOW TAKING A DIFFERENT TACTIC. I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF OVERSHARING, NO ONE PREFACES INFORMATION, BUT IF ITS SHARED THE ACCUSATIONS FLY. IT'S WHY I WANTED TO DO THE "EX'S OF EXETER", PEOPLE COULD GO ON CAMERA AND VENT, AND SOMEONE COULD EDIT THE MAYHEM. I COULD BE OUT OF THE EQUATION. YOU CAN'T BE SAVED UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU ARE LOST, SO MANY OF US ARE LOST...WE DON'T EVEN FACE WHAT WE ARE, WE ESCAPE, THROUGH ABUSE, MANY HORRIBLE WAYS TO HURT OURSELVES. THE MIRROR ALWAYS REFLECTING WHAT WE SEE MAGNIFIED, NOT SHRUNKEN.
I WANT TO BELIEVE, I DO, I DO BELIEVE. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT BECOMES EASIER IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THEN YOU. IF WE ARE TO WONDER WHAT HIS PART IS , IT IS TO STEADY US WHEN WE WOBBLE. TO KNOW FOR A BELIEF THAT WE WILL NOT GO INTO THE FUTURE ALONE. WE WILL FIND LOVE, IT IS A HOPE THAT WE ALL SHARE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CANNOT SEE. SO BELIEF IS JUST THAT. I CAN NO MORE CHANGE YOUR MIND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE MINE. I CAN ONLY SHOW YOU BY MY EXAMPLE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND MEANINGFUL IN MY LIFE, AND YOU CANNOT SEE IT. ONLY KNOW THAT I AM LOVED, I HAVE BEEN SAVED FOR SOME REASON, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I MUST SHARE, EITHER MY JOURNEY OR MY WORD. I HOPE THAT ART FIGURES PROMENENTLY, I ALWAYS RELY ON IT IN THE DARKNESS. IF I AM TO MAKE STRIDES IN LIFE, I MUST HOLD BELIEFS IN THE LIGHT. THE LIGHT, WHERE TRUTH IS MET BY REALITY. NOT NECESSARILY MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
BUCKETS, CANOE, TUB, HOLDING SODA AND WINE AND BEER. WORKING WATER WITH SINK FROM FAUCET. TRUNK WITH LINENS AND CARDS, STILL LIFE DISPLAY VIGNETTE AT EACH TABLE. SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO TRANSCEND TIME, THOUGHTFUL BRIDES GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE SPECIAL DAY ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM. I THINK THERE SHOULD
BE A "MEMORY" BOX THAT CONTAINS OBJECTS PERTINENT TO THE HAPPY COUPLE.
THE SOURCE OF ALL HUMOR ISN'T JOY, IT'S SADNESS. PARAPHRASING MARK TWAIN, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE A MARK ON LIFE. SOMETIMES ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS HUMOR. IF ALL OF MANKIND TRIED TO BECOME AND BE, RATHER THEN EXIST, THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE HAPPINESS. THE REALITY IS THAT WE EXIST IN A VACCUM, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY WE COME BACK TO FACE FEARS, MAKE LEEWAY IN PAST TRANSGRESSIONS, ACCOMPLISH OUR DIFFICULTIES. WHY CAN'T WE GET IT RIGHT? LOVE ISN'T DIFFICULT, IT JUST HONORS US.
SO ANOTHER DREAM HAS BEEN REALIZED. I HAD MY FIRST BARN SALE AND IT WAS A HIT. LOTS OF GREAT CONNECTIONS, NICE PEOPLE, NICE DAYS. IT WAS OVERCAST MOST OF THE WEEKEND, BUT PEOPLE CAME OUT AND SHOPPED. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TREASURES. THINGS TO ADORN THE HOME OR GARDEN. I LOVED IT. PERHAPS NEXT MONTH I'LL GET SOME MORE DEALERS OR ARTISTS TO SIT AND CHAT WITH. I MADE SOME GOOD MONEY, IT WILL GO BACK INTO THE ROOF FOR THE BARN...BUT IT IS A NECESSARY EVIL. I LOVED IT.
