Sometimes I wonder where and what younger people are doing these days as far as interests? What do they do with their time, how much does it cost and what is the experience? Younger people being defined as anybody younger [...]
Sometimes I feel like the 'Peanuts' character Charlie Brown. It's usually when I say or think 'oh good grief'. Just when I feel like I am on top of the day, Lucy (or Elizabeth) or Snoopy (one of my many [...]
It is 27 November and I am sitting in my studio on a Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday. I am grateful and in the spirit. You see, today is the day I start playing traditional Christmas music here in the [...]
We hope you like this issue of Bottles and Extras which is dedicated to our recent 2017 Springfield National. You will find within, an excellent comprehensive Springfield article by Jim Bender, one of our co-chairs. We decided to pair the Springfield article [...]
Time for another issue of Bottles and Extras and the President’s Message. Our magazine has grown so much, there always seems to be something to work on each day. Incoming articles, images, Photoshop work, proof-reading, design, layout, advertising coordination and the myriad [...]
I thought I would use some space this time around and title it “Did You Know?” There is so much happening in the bottle world that can just plain slip by. Here are just a few things off the top [...]
Our moods, bottle collecting activities and general well-being are affected by weather and influenced by the climate changes, seasons and temperature. Where and how the wind blows sets our course. Yes, I know, I always seem to weave the weather [...]
This is an interesting issue of Bottles and Extras because the word or feelings associated with the color brown and amber are evident throughout. First, I write this message after Thanksgiving on 30 November. November is a brown month as many [...]
Well… last issue I said that we would be putting full coverage of the FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo in the November December issue of BOTTLES and EXTRAS and we kind of did. Thirty-two pages of [...]
Elizabeth, my granddaughter Isabella, Coco our Weimaraner and I just returned from the mega FOHBC 2016 Sacramento National Antique Bottle Convention & Expo and are finally catching our breath after almost two years of planning. We welcome that it is [...]
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