: About Me

I have been an Antiques and Collectibles dealer since 1997 and have enjoyed providing a new home for wonderful little treasures to customers both on-line and in a brick and mortar shop. Currently, I manage an Antique Mall in Indiana with 84 spaces and 64 dealers under our roof. I love assisting both the customers and the dealers with their daily needs. It is a joy to help customers find that special treasure or to educate them about a collectible that they have an interest in. My dealers come to me for assistance in pricing or identifying items and displaying their merchandise in their space. It is an interesting and rewarding job for me.

In the past year I had the pleasure of writing a few articles for Krause Publications as a free-lancer about my favorite topic...Antiques.

My passion is ...

Reading and Antiques

I know too much about ...

a lot of trivial things

My parents always told me ...

live by the Golden Rule and you will have a satisfying life

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an author of fiction books

My favorite memory ...

getting white Go-Go Boots for Christmas when my Mom really didn't have the money to get them for me. My Uncle Harry saw to it that I got them.

Why I write ...

I think I'm a natural born storyteller or possibly just verbose

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Mysteries

My first job ...

babysitting

My best moment ...

becoming a Mother

My inspiration ...

everyday, ordinary people who do extraordinary things

Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the US government continue to spend money to boost other countries' economies when the US budget is in a deficit?

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I have to say NO to this question. It is not because I don't care about the other countries and the poverty that their people endure. I do, I honestly do. It is more important to me to take care of our own first. What bothers me more than the other countries and their problems is the poverty in our own country. Children right here in the United States go to bed hungry every night. Many of these children do not have a safe place to lay their little heads down to sleep at night. That is deplorable in a nation such as ours! It is despicable that our elderly have to make a choice whether to ea...

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