Recent News: Hatpins and Hatpin Holders

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My Passion: Accidental online discovery fuels poetic passion

One grandmother collected miniature shoes. Another collected old milk jugs and antique irons. My grandfather collected coins, my mother collected hatpin holders and my father collected iron animal doorstops. One aunt collected teacups, another souvenir...Read more

'Seeking the Unknown,' antique biology at The Historic New Orleans Collection

or “Can their long lower jaws be made into hat pins?” Plus, it was the Age of Enlightenment, when scientific investigation was vying with religious devotion for Man's soul. Theoretically anyway, knowledge staves off existential fear. Finally, there's...Read more

Great Estate: The Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show Opens May 30

Pricing runs the gamut—“from $100 for a hat pin, up to $500,000” for branded diamond pieces from venerable houses such as Van Cleef & Arpels. On Thursday morning, the show will host an invite-only breakfast forum, entitled “New Issues with Old...Read more

Perdido Rotary Walk In The Park June 1 at Big Lagoon

Fees are as follows: $15 for a T-shirt, hat pin and walk credit; $8 for a hat pin and walk credit or $3 for an OIVV/AVA credit. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult and all fees cover entrance to Big Lagoon State Park. Special prizes will...Read more

Dick Cheney: Benghazi on a par with 9/11 - AMERICAblog

go to the funeral of their murdered cohort and they all make sure he's dead: one guy looks at him closely and tries to wake him with a loud noise, another guy holds a mirror up to his mouth to check for breath, and the third simply jabs him with a...Read more

ARE YOU PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN?

I remember my grandma pulling out her hatpin and telling me to poke grandpa with it because he'd fallen asleep in church. (I didn't do it, and she was only kidding). I remember all the beautiful old hymns we sung, and I can still sing from memory today...Read more

Putnam County Neighbors: Bostwick Blueberry Festival is Saturday

Also for sale are hats, mugs, hat pins and bags. Go to www.bluecrabfestival.com for colors and sizes. Lots of new events and fun things are planned for this year's festival including zip line rides. St. James UMC will be holding an antiques auction...Read more

Stephen McGinty: Judging a book by the cover

I thought of a red hat pin that I stuck into the title of the book to suggest death or something like that. He said: 'It can't be red, because it wasn't a new death, it didn't just happen.' So I changed the colour to purple and added a black border to...Read more