I miss the old elementary school tradition of Show and Tell. I remember it was every Thursday in kindergarten. Looking back, it's really kind of the basis for blogging -- a moment where you're encouraged to share something with the class that tells them something about you, what your interests are, where you've been...
I'm going to have a weekly ritual of a Show and Tell entry here, about things you'll find around my apartment. Sometimes there'll be a lot to say. Other times, not much. I'll try to always include a picture. And maybe it'll tell you something about me, or the things I like. I'm not really that materialistic a person, mind you, but I consider possessions comparable to experiences in a way, because the experience of owning something, and enjoying it is an experience itself.
This is a little oddity left to me by my Aunt, who passed last year:
It's an old miniature gold-stamped, leatherbound copy of Rudyard Kipling's "The Vampire" and other poems. It's only about two inches in height. The inscription inside indicates it was a Christmas gift from "Ida" to "Florence" in 1914.
I love little antiques like this. I like small trinkets to begin with, but this one especially, as I've a thing for vampires and related folktales, and always like to see the personal touch that tells who held it before me, even if their names are so generic that one can really tell nothing about them.
That's all for now. Thanks for regressing to childhood with me.
I'm going to have a weekly ritual of a Show and Tell entry here, about things you'll find around my apartment. Sometimes there'll be a lot to say. Other times, not much. I'll try to always include a picture. And maybe it'll tell you something about me, or the things I like. I'm not really that materialistic a person, mind you, but I consider possessions comparable to experiences in a way, because the experience of owning something, and enjoying it is an experience itself.
This is a little oddity left to me by my Aunt, who passed last year:
It's an old miniature gold-stamped, leatherbound copy of Rudyard Kipling's "The Vampire" and other poems. It's only about two inches in height. The inscription inside indicates it was a Christmas gift from "Ida" to "Florence" in 1914.
I love little antiques like this. I like small trinkets to begin with, but this one especially, as I've a thing for vampires and related folktales, and always like to see the personal touch that tells who held it before me, even if their names are so generic that one can really tell nothing about them.
That's all for now. Thanks for regressing to childhood with me.
