We have some great gift books now, which, given that the Holidays will be upon us before we know it, is something to keep squirreled away in one's brain. This book is amazing. See that picture of migrating birds? It would have been better to have been there but if you couldn't without plunking down a lot of cash, a book is a good thing. This book features this crazy pig climbing into a chopper. He is definitely confused. I think this picture resides in a book called "We Americans". An amazing assemblage of books: birds and mazes of all kinds from around the world--for the scientifically inclined. This is an interesting pairing. Here we have a statue of someone famous--a copy of something valued by all who know art. Right behind it is a large platter that looks to be from the same era, a copy of course. How about that. Again we have the Dollar Rack and it is absolutely crammed with great stuff!
The Turnabout Shop is located in El Cerrito, California, at 10052 San Pablo Avenue—our telephone number is 510-525-7844. We are open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to four. The shop has a very interesting background and I plan to devote one of my upcoming blogs to that history. I was born in Minnesota in 1933, moved to Wisconsin with my family in my twenties, collected a Bachelor of Science degree in Childhood Education, left for California for a teaching job and met my husband. We have been married for 47 years and have two sons and two grandsons, age six and a half and almost three. I love thrift stores. Where else could you find a grotesque Paper Mache mask with weird decorations? Weird can be wonderful! This one nearly caused a divorce: "Either that goes or you go!" We have a dog—an Akita mix called Plato—named for the philosopher. He is a very bright dog. I still have family in Wisconsin and the memories of a wonderful brother who I'm grieving. Take some time out of your busy day and come visit me.
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