tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66613928918463243952023-11-16T04:20:37.363-08:00Traditions FurnitureTraditions Home furnishings - Stickley, Nichols & Stone, and Ekornes. Stressless, Century, and more traditions furniturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129233747990381560noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-36972932482215007312023-02-26T05:28:00.006-08:002023-02-26T05:29:58.612-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_V8QW2iM3FfR0qAmu-9nhW3kzd4nhOISF_EpioWSnMkahpAkfemQ4PnChQbh8u3_aTAtRmf0z9bYFn-wmvocTHJ6wRPxMvvUsPfbaIiQXuYo6Mud5WcGdePLmMXnKQzV7BmB3GoQQNj7FoBWJbTCUPGssVeMjddXJB5YnR7bLcRrOvFEOyJQYqfXMg/s1600/facebook-cover-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1600" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_V8QW2iM3FfR0qAmu-9nhW3kzd4nhOISF_EpioWSnMkahpAkfemQ4PnChQbh8u3_aTAtRmf0z9bYFn-wmvocTHJ6wRPxMvvUsPfbaIiQXuYo6Mud5WcGdePLmMXnKQzV7BmB3GoQQNj7FoBWJbTCUPGssVeMjddXJB5YnR7bLcRrOvFEOyJQYqfXMg/w576-h505/facebook-cover-1.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It's Been Fun</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The years fly by, it's hard to believe that Traditions Furniture has been in the Strang Carbarn in Downtown Overland Park for over 30 years. All good things come to an end they say, but we look at it as the next chapter in a lovely life. Thanks to all our good customers and friends who made Traditions Furniture a part of their lives.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, it is a $3 Million Closing/Retirement Sale with extraordinary prices on Stressless, Stickley, Hooker, Gar Creek, Theodore Alexander, and other brands. Come in say hello and goodby to Carol and Pam, to Robin and Art, and wish us the best.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hours: <br /></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat 10 to 6pm</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sun Noon to 5pm</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Closed Wednesday</span></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0Traditions Furniture, 7400 W 79th St, Overland Park, KS 66204, USA38.9856613 -94.669189538.983993413528125 -94.671335267211916 38.987329186471868 -94.667043732788088tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-29400532000911253102021-11-15T08:18:00.001-08:002021-11-15T08:18:29.166-08:00stickley holiday sale 2021<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/cgn7QEUHgdA" frameborder="0"></iframe>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-12482523430107573582021-10-25T07:50:00.001-07:002021-10-25T07:50:45.915-07:00sherrill furniture sofa gallery<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/SQJLqAkWrF8" frameborder="0"></iframe>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-75335991468316351332021-09-29T06:35:00.000-07:002021-09-29T06:35:08.770-07:00nichols and stone furniture gallery 2021<p></p><p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/RaxW57L-B4g" width="480"></iframe> </p><p>Since 1857, Nichols and Stone, the oldest furniture maker in America. </p>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-18446094071607576092021-06-20T07:10:00.001-07:002021-06-20T07:10:52.473-07:00a stressless father's day<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/YjaANuuYyuo" frameborder="0"></iframe>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-85543203696159875332020-12-03T09:22:00.003-08:002020-12-03T09:39:44.422-08:00A Blue Christmas<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Elvis Presley sang <b>Blue Christmas</b> throughout his career, but he first sang this classic in 1957. It was, he said, his favorite Christmas song. It is mine too every time I look at the new fallen snow. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYLsI6UL5l5M-FpFuTMAnVRtUn7TetwraB3LeOYcELR3F45TTHtnRwxlsj-YxtBx_xz3K0F-yq1_EkMgHRP3ssRf1cnmh0yPnwIyYvbZ8atu69Pg5LB-NzbjN1otis1Qc_2lHms4wVaIZ/s1600/blue-63-LACS_63-RAS-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1193" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYLsI6UL5l5M-FpFuTMAnVRtUn7TetwraB3LeOYcELR3F45TTHtnRwxlsj-YxtBx_xz3K0F-yq1_EkMgHRP3ssRf1cnmh0yPnwIyYvbZ8atu69Pg5LB-NzbjN1otis1Qc_2lHms4wVaIZ/w339-h454/blue-63-LACS_63-RAS-detail.jpg" width="339" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Snow that is white, red ribbon on a green Christmas tree, but it will still be a Blue Christmas without Elvis.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Inspired by Elvis' <b>Blue Christmas</b>, we present the Sherrill Track Arm sectional (6 Series Sectional), available also as a sofa, loveseat, and chair. In the spirit of the Winter Season, i is shown in white (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Fabric: Tank Natural, Finish: Black Nickel). For Elvis, we added some blue throw pillows.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQdbRjSMAEs0LOp500sOZeA-s_ji8X8JdjrqVovGzJoawhq_jS4U5_nybljq2E4KF_9zFjunk9RPx7kSg7ChXKjiy4ozsOFLml7dzv1EYE41TD5okVPwTfe_3tltnmB_c9yw-BT6Gp6cH/s2000/blue-63-LACS_63-RAS.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQdbRjSMAEs0LOp500sOZeA-s_ji8X8JdjrqVovGzJoawhq_jS4U5_nybljq2E4KF_9zFjunk9RPx7kSg7ChXKjiy4ozsOFLml7dzv1EYE41TD5okVPwTfe_3tltnmB_c9yw-BT6Gp6cH/w533-h355/blue-63-LACS_63-RAS.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><p> </p><p>You can see the Series 6 sectional by Sherrill Furniture at <b>Traditions Furniture</b> in Overland Park and Wichita.</p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.traditionsathome.com/product/6-series-sectional-sherrill/" target="_blank">See it Now.</a><br /></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0Wichita, KS, USA37.687176099999988 -97.3300529999999929.3769422638211424 -132.486303 65.997409936178826 -62.173802999999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-38824413743448767222020-12-02T08:23:00.001-08:002020-12-02T08:25:44.829-08:00Santa says, "Year round, a Stressless Christmas is the best Christmas."<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Santa says, "A Stressless Christmas is the best Christmas year round."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We will all agree</span> that it has been a difficult year, but we can still go out on a high note.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9JLbb4-qI3dI91x3n1dZ32e6-F6IOHbLLfrA8Y1QeVVvq9C9z7HLmPE2xDbXljxJBKXyacyey-8WcqrIkxtvlw0O32yv1CjJHfJMOOmQG_ttRFStrBGqzA6lLqevZqwTxRG97yTeumxn/s807/santa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="807" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9JLbb4-qI3dI91x3n1dZ32e6-F6IOHbLLfrA8Y1QeVVvq9C9z7HLmPE2xDbXljxJBKXyacyey-8WcqrIkxtvlw0O32yv1CjJHfJMOOmQG_ttRFStrBGqzA6lLqevZqwTxRG97yTeumxn/s320/santa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Santa told us that t<span style="color: black;">he holidays are all about giving. 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when you give a charitable donation of $50 or more from now until
January 18, we’ll give you hundreds of dollars off Stressless seating. It is better than a vacation at the beach because it never ends.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3M6o1grLnJShYpACHFNWQ-0suOFyvwKbHdWdp0kcZpU7dHfc5HfAf9ae-OQ16Qn576hyc1nqz7SS6yUgbzOFizQV2RV23SA6LcHbO7iF3tboe3wYyKPOOjMRu_FOJ1SWyAvv8Areljhh/s2048/Mayfair-Signature-brown-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1556" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3M6o1grLnJShYpACHFNWQ-0suOFyvwKbHdWdp0kcZpU7dHfc5HfAf9ae-OQ16Qn576hyc1nqz7SS6yUgbzOFizQV2RV23SA6LcHbO7iF3tboe3wYyKPOOjMRu_FOJ1SWyAvv8Areljhh/w334-h439/Mayfair-Signature-brown-2.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Save $400 on Stressless Mayfair recliners in all Paloma leather colors, $300 on most Stressless recliners and ottomans, including Classic Power recliners and Stressless office chairs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLx6uYHaKDDzf62lQxxkpaELVo6qOyLouuhHgFQMoJuqBJRy8vWJJtN6hp1nm6LbDKa0N7okJ3fxhSwXyOxsK6Eoz4yWn0cT2LL-MQT7txN3tGRIyL2ZeqNw5GZm-00KGzM7L2oMwl-mJa/s900/Mayfair-girl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="900" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLx6uYHaKDDzf62lQxxkpaELVo6qOyLouuhHgFQMoJuqBJRy8vWJJtN6hp1nm6LbDKa0N7okJ3fxhSwXyOxsK6Eoz4yWn0cT2LL-MQT7txN3tGRIyL2ZeqNw5GZm-00KGzM7L2oMwl-mJa/w481-h296/Mayfair-girl.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">Plus, take $200 off every sofa seat you
buy. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOGme1Ao37_stWwKTgkUafZmdvXNfHz2jErtPnRCWFf4RLA5P-_OAlzxaCeHXjR4PPBiADW577QaECjR9TUcAZuIpOCuuHG-cGroKLQYSuB0tyzn0GAGSCNL0ZxBefOnf-J0yQID0CuKq/s1002/mayfair-bourdeau-batick-windsor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1002" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOGme1Ao37_stWwKTgkUafZmdvXNfHz2jErtPnRCWFf4RLA5P-_OAlzxaCeHXjR4PPBiADW577QaECjR9TUcAZuIpOCuuHG-cGroKLQYSuB0tyzn0GAGSCNL0ZxBefOnf-J0yQID0CuKq/w574-h402/mayfair-bourdeau-batick-windsor.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">No purchase limit, so deck the halls and take this opportunity to fill your
home with the comfort and beauty of Stressless furniture! So even if you live where the sun don't shine, you'll find that Stressless is a beautiful state of mind.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGEFSbsQHOrB8l3mlMz7AsVwax1LQiM1bZoNgiRB4NZr5EDaKUHuMdeLJaR4-AK-3zVUBbxeYs8d-WKX3vUJTf0U7EQ460XEmGzUWEDJXb5wWQ6d1w6tB81MSlL4mP52pMc4TRuTSTA6W/s1800/norway-village-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGEFSbsQHOrB8l3mlMz7AsVwax1LQiM1bZoNgiRB4NZr5EDaKUHuMdeLJaR4-AK-3zVUBbxeYs8d-WKX3vUJTf0U7EQ460XEmGzUWEDJXb5wWQ6d1w6tB81MSlL4mP52pMc4TRuTSTA6W/w387-h387/norway-village-logo.jpg" width="387" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-79430993369482165062019-02-23T10:39:00.002-08:002019-02-23T11:50:30.369-08:00Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie MackintoshWhere does inspiration come from?<br />
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All artist would should agree that their greatest inspiration comes from other artists.<br />
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Impressionists would agree that Impressionists influenced each other. Modernists the same. Influence is not confined to a lifetime. Traditionalists who studied Renaissance Art in school learned their techniques. Picasso acknowledges his debt to the Paleolithic cave paintings of Lascaux, France. After a visit to Lascaux, Picasso said, “They've invented everything.”<br />
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<b>Stickley Furniture</b> introduces the <b>Highlands Collection</b>, modern, tapered, and light, inspired by the work of Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.<br />
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Stickley's Highland Collection features design elements from Charles Rennie Mackintosh, well-known for <b>Willow Tearooms</b> at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. The Highlands Collection included carved motifs and pierced slats, crafted in solid oak and cherry wood, wood that is sustainably harvested in North America, with rich hand-rubbed finishes.<br />
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For Charles Rennie Mackintosh, inspiration came from his wife to whom he wrote in a letter, "Remember, you are half if not three-quarters in all my architectural work ..."<br />
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Then, to friends, "Margaret has genius, I have only talent."<br />
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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh was herself a renown artist and influential member of the Glasgow School and the “Glasgow Style” it inspired. She and her sister Frances went to school at the Glasgow School of Art and later established the Macdonald Sisters Studio at 128 Hope Street, Glasgow. Their paintings reflected the growing liberation of the young woman at the fin de siècle and early 20th century, art prominently featuring women in elongated stylized drawings. Margaret herself was strongly influenced by the 19th century phenomenon of Japonism or Japonaise, and its influenc on Impressionists like Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh. Margaret Macdonald also drew on earlier stylized Gothic architectural motifs.<br />
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Thus, when Charles Rennie Mackintosh was given the commission for The Willow Tearooms at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, it is not surprising that his friezes incorporated the art of his wife. Or that the furniture utilized the cutout motifs that she used in her metal sculptures.<br />
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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh’s influence was not restricted to her husband. She also influenced and was influenced by British Arts & Crafts designer and author William Morris. In America, Elbert Green Hubbard and the Roycroft community of East Aurora, New York followed similar design trends. Across the country, architects and furniture designers Charles and Henry Greene, employed the use of cut-outs in their furniture design. Architect and furniture designer Harvey Ellis, who worked for Gustav Stickley for a short time before his early death, was also influenced by her work.<br />
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When is a chair more than a chair? </h3>
It was songwriter Burt Bacharach who wrote - a chair is just a chair if you are not sitting there. But a reclining chair by Stressless is so much more if you are sitting there.<br />
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Stressless has developed the patented Glide, Plus, and ErgoAdapt systems to ensure that Stressless seating delivers the ultimate in comfort every time you take a seat. The Glide System consists of a patented set of adjustments that allow you to adapt a Stressless recliner to your body's height and weight.The Plus system is a functional skeleton of springs that interprets your body’s movements as you change positions to provide increased lumbar reinforcement. While the ErgoAdapt™ tilts a sofa seat to just the right angle the moment you sit down.<br />
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In his discussion of Forms, the philosopher Plato asked, "When we see a particular chair for the first time how do we know it is a chair?"<br />
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If it is Stressless we know by sitting, relaxing, and experiencing the comfort that is Stressless.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Now though January 14th, donate $50 to charity and save $200 on any Stressless, or $400 off the Mayfair recliner and ottoman in all Paloma leathers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Visit <a href="http://traditionsfurniture.com/" target="_blank"><b>Traditions Furniture</b></a> in Downtown Overland Park or <a href="http://traditionsathome.com/" target="_blank"><b>Traditions Home</b></a> in Wichita for details. </span>
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One can't wave the American Flag too much. Celebrate the Fourth of
July year round with Terri Palmer's patriotic salute to Uncle Sam and
America, Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.<br />
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Traditions Home celebrates the holiday year round at <a href="http://robynslakehouse.com/uncle-sam/" target="_blank"><b>Robyns Lake House</b></a>, a getaway for all our woes and cares. Vintage sign by Red Horse Signs.<br />
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The Stickley Difference </h3>
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At Stickley, skilled artisans create timeless works of art from nature with loving hands, careful attention to detail and an eye for everlasting beauty.<br />
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It reflects Stickley’s adherence to the ancient Flemish maxim, <b><i>Als ik kan</i></b>, to the best of my ability, and the more ancient Roman proverb, <i><b>Ars longa, vita brevis</b>,</i> the art is long, life so short, which is often interpreted to mean that the artist's skill is long to learn and his life too short.<br />
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The art of building beautiful furniture stretches from beginning to end. Wood is carefully selected, cut, and kiln-dried. Time-honored techniques are used by artisans. These techniques include pinned mortise and tenon, dove-tails, lap planking, tongue and groove, and plank matching, techniques long lost to most manufacturers. Finally, each piece is finished in one of Stickley’s hand-rubbed rich stains.<br />
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Stickley selects natural wild cherry from the Adirondacks, wood that ages beautifully and takes on a rich patina. Many of Stickley’s Mission pieces are made of native white oak, quarter-sawn to generate ray flakes and bind more solidly the wood’s fibers, creating a sturdier and more beautiful piece of furniture. Stickley Mahogany Classics are made of mahogany from Honduras, cut so that the environment is protected and nourished.<br />
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Unique Stickley design, painstaking craft and attention to detail and construction, a unparalleled history, this is what makes the Stickley difference.<br />
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What is beauty, does it exist and why? </h3>
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A florist finds beauty in a floral arrangement, a lover in a
single rose, a naturalist in the smell, a child in a fresh picked daisy, the
old find beauty in the daffodil as pokes its yellow head through the snow, the
forlorn find beauty in the dainty violet pressed between the pages of a book, a
cynic says its crazy, that we find beauty at all.<br />
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For beauty is not something we can not touch and must be something to behold.<br />
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I confess I love to walk in the park in early spring and if by chance I spy the tiniest violet in bloom along the side of the path I walk, I smile. It is a thing of beauty, to be appreciated for its own sake, and for no other reason.<br />
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'Twas John Keats who said, the sylvan historian, who can't express a flowery tale more sweetly than the rhyme knows, 'Truth is beauty, beauty truth,' and that is all we know on earth and all we need to know.<br />
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So ignore the cynic and the scientist who try to reduce it to mere words. Beauty is a thing we feel and know.<br />
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The first week of the New Year has passed and it is time again to ask, What will the New Year bring?<br />
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Donna Fargo? <br />
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As I sit down to write, the words from Donna Fargo's 1975 hit of the same name prances through my memory, "This past year was good to us the one before just a little rough. The one before that was an awful thing what will the new year bring?
The past year was good to us." Call me country, call me corny, but I love Donna Fargo. I love songs about mistakes and tomorrow and forever, and walks together through life with the one you love.*<br />
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Here in Overland Park we saw the departure of two employees, Missy went home to Oklahoma to be near her family, Alex took a great position in another field. That was rough for us, but we managed to find three new employees who add their own special charm to our staff.<br />
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In a week they are off to Manlius, New York to brave the snow and attend the <b>Stickley Dealer Training seminar</b>. We hope they stay warm while they learn all about Stickley including its new <b>Studio by Stickley Collection</b>.<br />
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It is new to us. It is an eclectic mix of styles - Modern Loft, Shackleford, Feng Shui, Mid-Century,... , in mixed materials, oak, ash, walnut, and metal, with a great selection of new finishes.<br />
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2018 Stickley Collector's Piece </h3>
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Stickley is calling the new year the Year of the Dragonfly in honor of its new 2018 collector's piece, a Harvey Ellis Drop Front Desk with dragonfly inlay. It is stunning, available in cherry and oak and with all the beautiful Stickley hand-rubbed finishes. Plus there is a slat-back upright chair to go with the desk, again with the remarkable dragonfy inlay.<br />
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Stickley Road Show</h3>
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I have to mention Mike Danial's return to Overland Park and Wichita for the Stickley Road Show in February. Always entertaining, always informative, Mike is our favorite speaker. The event is limited so call the store for details.<br />
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What will the New Year bring?</h3>
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One doesn't really know what surprises are in store, but that is what makes life exciting and interesting. We hope you will join us.<br />
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* Looking forward also means looking back. Donna Fargo was born in Mt.
Airy, North Carolina, fictional home of Andy Griffith's Mayberry. She
had an unlikely climb to stardom, but in the 1970's if you were alive,
you were singing along to one of her many hits, including the Happiest Girl
in the Whole USA, which launched her career. <br />
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<br />you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-37510968552535585542017-08-26T08:57:00.000-07:002017-08-26T09:19:31.408-07:00Another season is ending<b>Another season is ending, we know because Labor Day is just around the corner. </b><br />
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<b>Montana</b><br />
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One last vacation and a dip in the lake.<br />
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One last trip to <b>Whitefish, Montana</b>, then south towards Missoula, where fires still burn in the forest, (the locals say it always burns in August in Montana). Stop along <b>Flathead Lake</b> and watch fire suppressing helicopters load up with water to douse the flames.<br />
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<b>Bigfork, Montana</b><br />
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Then stop at Bigfork, where in a quaint bookstore I find a used copy of <b>Bright Orange for the Shroud</b>, a Travis McGee novel by John D. MacDonald, and the store owner and I talk of pottery, which is his passion. Everyone has time to talk in Montana.<br />
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<b>Happyland </b><br />
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Then down the road to the <b>Raven</b> for brisk swim in the cool lake, a beer and lunch. The smiling guests are talkative, the beer cold, the food nourishing, and the swim in the lake exhilarating.<br />
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Where are you from? I asked.<br />
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Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, Georgia, even Paris, France came the replies. And scattered among the hundreds who came and stayed, are a lucky few born and raised in Montana.<br />
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Happyland, I renamed the state for everyone seems to smile. <br />
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<b>I love Kansas </b><br />
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Don't get me wrong. I love Kansas. It is a great place to raise a family, but mountains and cool blue lakes, it has not. So, I must travel and extol the virtues of Kansas elsewhere. <i>Ad astra per astra</i>. Hard work is okay, and hard work gets me to Montana where I like to play.<br />
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<b>Flathead Lake</b><br />
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Now, imagine my pleasant surprise when coming back to find the Kansas weather in the 70s and 80's.<br />
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If I close my eyes, I imagine I am still in Montana sitting at the Raven beside Flathead Lake, near Bigfork. A smile comes to my face.<br />
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May Sale on Stickley</h3>
It is already May in the Midwest, the tulips and daffodils have gone, the wheat and corn is in the fields, and it's time for our <b>Last chance to buy Stickley at 2016 prices</b>. Our great pricing makes this a wonderful opportunity to freshen up the bungalow, craftsman home, or whatever style house you have. <br />
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There is a fertile piece of land in America that stretches from the Appalachian Mountains west to the Rockies, which eastern dwelling city folk find strange because it is both simple and natural.<br />
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Traveling across this green and fruited plain and dressed in suits and finery, these city folk must have wondered who could leave behind the wonders of the industrial age for this wasteland. But to the God-fearing and hard-working Americans who lived here, this was their paradise.<br />
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One took delight in the rising and setting of the sun. The milkman delivered fresh milk. The egg man newly laid eggs. And a corner grocery store stocked necessary sundries. Screen doors banged throughout the day as children came and went, headed out to an empty lot to play baseball, or coming home to cookies and milk, and backyard fences were gathering places for good neighbors to talk while the laundry was hung to dry.<br />
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A Midwesterner by birth, Gustav Stickley settled in upstate New York, deep within the forest of the Allegheny Mountains at the western edge of the Appalachias, in a region called the Fingerlakes. There eons ago, glaciers left their mark carving out the beautiful lakes that give the area its name. And there, Gustav Stickley found his inspiration in nature, establishing the <b>American Arts and Crafts Movement</b> and creating the <b>Prairie Style</b> that would become better known as <b>Mission Style</b>, perhaps because of its association with California. In his magazine, Stickley preferred the use of Prairie Style and <b>Craftsman Home</b>, but he acknowledged the influence of the California Missions because of their simplicity in style and decoration.<br />
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Like Henry Ford and his Model T, Stickley new Prairie Style was meant for working-class families and those who loved the simplicity of well-made homes and furniture. The home that Stickley designed and featured in <b>The Craftsman Magazine</b> was called the bungalow, or more aptly, the American Bungalow. It was inexpensive to build, practical to live in, and easy to maintain. And because this was the age before television, there was always a front porch where at the end of the day, neighbors exchange the news of the day.<br />
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The popularity of the Prairie Style was immediate. Plans could be found in Stickley’s magazine and even entire homes could be purchased from a Sears catalog; and Craftsman homes cropped up like wheat from the suburbs of Chicago to California, where in Pasadena, the Greene and Greene brothers gave the style their own unique twist.<br />
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The furniture that Gustav Stickley designed for these homes was both “simple and honest”. This was a term Gustav Stickley interpreted to mean that it was made of natural native woods like oak and cherry, that the construction was always handmade, using time honored techniques. Stickley’s classic designs include the Prairie Settle and Prairie Bed. Borrowing a design from noted English designer William Morris, Stickley redesigned and improved the Stickley Morris chair in several variations including the beautiful bow arm reclining chair.<br />
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In 1904, Stickley was joined by architect Harvey Ellis, who added an element of refinement to the furniture, graceful arches, and delicate inlays.
You can see the full line of Prairie Style furniture at Traditions Furniture in Overland Park and in Wichita, Kansas.<br />
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<br />you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-63195096367305671022016-11-29T06:02:00.001-08:002016-11-29T06:02:37.367-08:00Timeless thoughtsI caught an episode of <b>Timeless</b> last night.<br />
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I had just returned from Dallas, and before that from Belgium and France, and just prior to my future plans to leave for Colorado and after that to Las Vegas. The television series about a stolen time machine seems appropriate for one, like me, who travels a lot. Sorting out the story line was, again, for me, difficult. Three protagonists all have their own agenda. A villain has a lot going on and his life story is seemingly contradictory. In the midst of the drama, the web of history is spun out, retelling tales that are true and semi-true. Reality conflates with perception.<br />
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Rewriting history is the goal, but for what reason?<br />
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It is autumn, when the good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow. It is a Bob Marley quote that has nothing to do with autumn. Still, it is a wonderful observation about time and change. What is good today is sad tomorrow. Spring and summer have come and gone. A walk by the lake with the dogs is a passing memory, one that I can almost reach out and touch, but not quite.you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-23115304071321044412016-08-25T07:45:00.000-07:002016-08-25T07:57:24.497-07:00How do the words go?<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At home in Bodega Bay in northern California. It is <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">morning</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last night P</span>andora was playing “A case of you”. Not Joni Mitchell, but Diana Krall, slow and sultry with a hint of sadness. I left a note on the coffee table and went for a walk along the beach with a half drunk glass of wine and thoughts of you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was</span> a chill in the September air, but the sand <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wa</span>s still warm and fe<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lt</span> good to my feet. The ocean stretche<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span> out and the full moon reflect<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed</span> off the waves. The<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> only sound was the</span> wind and the waves and the music in my head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How do the words go? </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Just before our love got lost you said </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am as constant as a northern star </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and I said
Constantly in the darkness </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where's that at…?” </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you want me, I'll be at the beach </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Waiting </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Until the song ends and the moon drops below the waves. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then, what am I to think?</span></b></blockquote>
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<br />you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-38245750654332960392016-06-27T05:02:00.000-07:002016-06-27T06:15:51.843-07:00Cottage Garden<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b><i>I wandered lonely as a cloud<br /> That floats on high o’er vales and hills,<br />When all at once I saw a crowd,<br /> A host, of golden daffodils;<br />Beside the lake, beneath the trees,<br />Fluttering and dancing in the breeze...</i><br />William Wordsworth, The Daffodils</b></blockquote>
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Where is a cottage garden to be found? For certain, Dove Cottage, home to William Wordsworth, one of the Lake Poets of the 19th century.<br />
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Some say that the cottage garden originated in the time of the plagues which entered England in 1337 and took the lives of one third to one half of the population, and continued at intervals until 1665. One can visit the plague pits outside Winchester, England at St. Catherine's Hill to see where victims, too numerous for the consecrated ground of the church, were buried. Villagers, taking advantage of the depopulation of the countryside, left crowded cities and villages for greater peace in the country. Others say that landed estates built cottages for the tenants who tended the farms on the estates. Finally, there are those who say that it was the rich landowner himself seeking escape from the maddening crowds and the confines of city life.<br />
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There is truth in all of this and more, for one can imagine Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother living in the forest far from the village, there tending her garden with its sweet smelling flowers and vegetable that she would sell at market for the little money she needed.<br />
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The cottage garden is designed to appear artless, but nothing can be further from the truth. Instead of mass plantings and carpets of color, the cottage garden is an artfully contrived irregularity that simulates the wonder of nature. Let neighboring plants and flowers live in harmonious simplicity. Lawns are replaced by tufts of grass, paths of stone that meander, and plantings of flowers that go right up to the edge of the path. Orderliness is found not in the mass, but in the microcosm with all its variety and contradiction.<br />
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<pre><i><b>OH there is blessing in this gentle breeze,
A visitant that while it fans my cheek
Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings
From the green fields, and from yon azure sky.
Whate'er its mission, the soft breeze can come
To none more grateful than to me; escaped
From the vast city, where I long had pined
A discontented sojourner: now free,
Free as a bird to settle where I will.
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Those that live in antiquarian libraries and study the art of the cottage garden suppose that the cottage garden had its roots in the Elizabethan Age. Then, they suppose, poetry and prose lead to experimentation in planting. Pshaw! I cannot believe that.<br />
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There have always been nature lovers and certainly the cottager of earlier days must have found beauty in the occasional wild flower growing in between the vegetables. The old lady who lived on the outskirts of town knew the medicinal value of wild flowers and dispensed her magic to those who came seeking help. And even the villager who found safety behind the town walls sought to build his own castle and accompanying gardens where he and she could take delight. Thus, a pot might contain a world of color and smell. A neighboring pot an herb for stew. Another, a cure for a tooth that aches. Necessity demanded vegetables for nourishment, but mankind also needs the beauty of a rose to inspire the soul.<br />
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English designer William Morris was a proponent of the cottage garden and incorporated elements of flowers and trees in many of his patterns. Gustav Stickley was also a proponent of the honest and simple life of the craftsman home and believed in extolling the benefits of nature. The Stickley rug collection contains many beautiful hand woven Nepalese wool rugs, including Cottage Garden and English Garden.<br />
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<br />you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-28896997633310396502016-06-17T12:35:00.000-07:002016-06-17T12:36:33.771-07:00Father's Day<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sunday is <b>Father's Day</b>. So what does dear old dad really want?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Daddy is my special friend,
<br />The two of us are buddies.
<br />I always like the things we do,
<br />I'm thankful for my daddy.
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like when we fish,
<br />We two, I like when we hunt
<br />I like when we throw the ball around
<br />Just for fun and laughs
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now Daddy’s getting old
<br />And before its dinner time
<br />Daddy likes to sit and relax
<br />In a Motioncraft recliner
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mommy bought for him
at <a href="http://www.traditionsfurniture.com/" target="_blank">Traditions Furniture</a>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why not get Dad something special - a Motioncraft recliner where he can recline three ways or just push back and relax. <br /><br />Save an <b>extra 10%</b> off our already low, low prices.</span><br />
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you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-22962343548003508102016-03-18T11:12:00.001-07:002016-04-07T01:44:53.008-07:00What does the color red mean to you?<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Color in design is subjective. What evokes reaction in one may evoke a different reaction in someone else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take red for example. Some who see red associate the color with anger, and that is perhaps why we think the toreador uses a red cape to catch the bull’s eye, except that bulls are color blind. Others associate red with passion and that is why red roses are a testimony to true love. Again, what woman doesn’t have her favorite shade of red lipstick when trying to stir things up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kings and queens think of ruby red for the one of four “precious” gemstones, including diamond, emerald and sapphire. The gemstone is considered a talisman of passion, protection and prosperity. A fireman sees red as fiery and hot. A politi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">co sees red as <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Republican a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nd blue as Democrat and purple as something in between. </span></span></span>A birdwatcher associates red with the beautiful cardinal. A cook sees red as a bit of spicy Italian spaghetti. A surgeon sees red as blood, the force that gives us life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Red has made its way into our vocabulary in a variety of ways – red alert, red faced, red hot, red blooded, and even red tape. And who doesn’t circle a calendar date in red and celebrate the occasion as a red letter day? All of which tells us that red can mean so many things to different people. </span><br />
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</span>you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-24754699585287013462015-12-23T08:12:00.002-08:002015-12-25T08:04:06.740-08:00Never leave your hat on the bedThere is an old superstition that goes - it is bad luck to leave your hat on the bed.<br />
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When and where this superstition came from is lost. A good guess is that some unfortunate bloke went to work and left his hat on the bed. The rain gave him a cold and he died in bed. <br />
The hat business has been in decline for years, unless one includes the ubiquitous baseball cap.<br />
The decline in the Fedora, the Panama, and the Stetson have many causes. Instead of walking to work or taking the trolley, we ride in an air conditioned or heated car. The fury of Mother Nature has been, for the moment, tamed - until Mother Nature realizes mankind is messing around with climate change and She pours down her revenge.<br />
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That is something for politicians to think about. <br />
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John F. Kennedy triggered a disastrous decline in the sales of men's hats by leaving home without his hat and appearing hat-less at his inauguration. William Henry Harrison was hat-less, coat-less, and glove-less and only 31 days after assuming office, the ninth president of the United States, died in bed of pneumonia.<br />
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There is an equally plausible explanation for the bad luck no hat superstition. A magician got up one morning and his wife laid out on the bed his tuxedo and top hat while he shaved and showered. When he dressed, he donned the tux and bow tie, put on the white gloves, but left without the hat - and the rabbit.<br />
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Bartholomew had a magical hat, in fact he had 500 hats, each one prettier than the last.<br />
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Will Rogers had a lucky hat. And along with a lariat and a few jokes he parlayed into a full time gig. He didn't joke about the hat, but he liked to say, "Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else,"and by everybody else, he meant politicians.<br />
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For good luck, rodeo cowboys are told they should not place a hat on a bed, eat peanuts, wear yellow, or quit roping practice on a miss. It's an odd combination, but one goes with what works. Besides, out on the range, if a cowboy tosses his hat on his bed roll, he is likely to lie down on it in the dark and flatten it like a cow-patty.<br />
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That is bad luck! you are what you readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397887493073863245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661392891846324395.post-8098111968487366362015-12-14T14:14:00.001-08:002015-12-14T14:15:53.914-08:00Far away in the sunshine<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. LMA</span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Louisa May Alcott from Elbert Hubbard's <i>Scrap Book: Containing the Inspired and Inspiring Selections, Gathered During a Lifetime of Discriminating Reading for His Own Use, page 62.</i></span><br />
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As editor of the daily Parisian newspaper, Le Figaro, Karr was known as a bit of a wit, famously saying, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" which has come down to us as, "The more things change, the more they stay the same."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fake roses do not smell as sweet</td></tr>
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Optimist or pessimist, I guess it depends on how we see things, or how that cup of coffee tastes.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Or what about angles? Angles are about change. One is proceeding one way when all of the sudden something new comes about. The change may be sharp and jarring or refreshing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So, what are you? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A curve in the road or a new direction.
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