Buddha, The Teacher
Siddhartha Gautama was raised in great luxury and shielded from religion and human suffering. He had little experience of the world outside …
“Waar het om draait” – “What it spins about” (Dutch idiom)
Windmills enabled farmable land in the Netherlands. They were used to divert water away from swamps and marshes. Windmills were used to …
Innocent Looking Hatpins
Victorian Hat Pins and holder @ Time’s Tin Cup ! Hatpins were originally designed to be used in pairs to fasten a …
Archiving Dreams
From hieroglyphs to motion pictures. Visual art has captured simulations that communicate ideas, stories perceptions, feelings, and beauty. Vintage cameras are a …
The Pack Basket
The pack basket has withstood the test of time. It has been in use since 900 B.C. and is still loved today …
The Lucky Cat
No one can quite agree as to how the first Maneki Neko came to be. The Lucky Cat, with it’s origins in …
Bonnie Scotland
Henry Vollam Morton (H.V. Morton) was a pioneering travel writer from Lancashire, England. He wrote many books on his travels; including those …
Ahoy!
Hello! Ahoy? The first documented use of “hello” was in 1827. But Hello wasn’t used in the form of a greeting. Hello …
Make Tea Time an Enchanted Moment
The word “fairy” derives from the Latin word fata, which means “fate”. As well as the Old French word faerie, which means …
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