Present Perfect: An Antique Key

The Key to Adventure?

Yesterday a friend of mine

gave me this beautiful antique

key.  A perfect present for

me.  They found it and thought

of me ~ how sweet.  I plan to

take it around the world with

me as a good luck charm.

Merci beaucoup...

Finding Some Old Stuff

Paducah, Kentucky

I would be happy if all I

did for the rest of my life

was walk around the world

and look at old stuff.

I don't mean just the grand

palaces but also the forgotten,

the neglected,

and the abandoned.

What was this building with

this beautiful tile floor?

If I lived in Paducah I'd want

a place that had a porch like

this.  It is right on the main drag

of the old downtown, on the

second floor over an antique store.

I could see friends passing by and

say come on up for some tea.

I'd want my entryway

to look something like this.

I would like a lamp like

this to light my street up

at night,

or this one,

or this one.

I hope we can preserve our

beautiful old downtowns

because the Disney version

of Main Street USA

just isn't as interesting.