Aging Disgracefully!

New Section: AGING DISGRACEFULLY! -- Behaving badly isn't just for young people!

Being stupid and boorish and rude? You don't have to be a kid to do that!

Watch for this new Section -- coming soon!

How much dust should you give with a Gift?

Seems that on our back porch there's a string art picture of a sailboat that a shirt-tail relation's father made, a long time ago. Tommy knew whose it was and who made it, and he used to tell me. But I never paid him any mind about it and now all I know is the name of the folks. I'll get their addreess and pack it up, and send it to them, since it was his father who made it. Tommy did tell me that the father and this man who I'm going to send it to were on the outs. So I guess it'll make him happy. I don't care, really. I need to get rid of all this stuff.

It's big and dusty. Have you ever tried to dust string art? It's all pins and string. And this one is a sailboat on a black velvety background. It's nearly all dust now. Tommy wanted it on the wall all those years and he told me he'd dust it. Never did, did he?

So now I have to send it to these people. Should I try to dust it first?

Guess I'll take it outside and whack it a few times on the stone ledge out front. Maybe that'll help. 

Sell it or Smell it! AUCTION it!

When you're left alone, with old things from old people and no one left to leave your stuff to, deciding what to do with it gets tricky. You young people might think it wouldn't but it does. Stuff piles up. Stuff starts to get in the way. And there's no easy choice, sometimes in "disposal."

I tried to make friends with a couple of people and share, but they let me down and now I'm through with that idea.

So I'm going to go here, because I need the money. Getting old isn't cheap.

William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
One Hillman Drive
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
610-558-1800 Phone
610-558-0885 Fax

"We are always looking for quality consignments for catalog sales. We have space available in our September 16th and October 21st catalog sales particularly for fine art and works on paper. Call for a consultation with no obligation!

Bi-Weekly Estate Auction, every other Tuesday at 10 AM in the warehouse, 2 PM

Don't forget the on-site sale on Saturday, August 16 at The Yellow Brick Road Doll and Toy Museum in Mullica Hill, NJ.

Follow the link below to view our upcoming sales.
Come to William Bunch Auctions and beat the heat in our air conditioned showroom and beat the high price of gasoline by entering our drawing for a $100 Wawa gift card!!!!!!!!!!!$$$$$$$$$$$

That's right, all you need to do to enter is to bring your invoice from the previous bi-weekly sale (if you don't have it, we'll print you another one!!) and you will receive one raffle ticket for each item you bought. Fill out your name on the back of the tickets, drop them in the bowl, and we will draw a winner at 6 PM! On thing though, you must be here in person to win!! If the drawn winner is not here, we will continue to draw tickets until we have a winner! We will have this drawing during every regular Tuesday sale!"

I'll go to their Tuesday morning sale day (not this Tuesday), to see how things work. And I'll let you all know what happens. In the meantime I'll tell you about other important things.

Wrinkles Should Not Get Pimples

My age is none of your business, so don't think I'll tell you. But I'm old enough not to get pimples, that's for sure. You'd think that. But I get the little buggers and I get them in the wrinkles on my face. Now and then. Having a wrinkle or two isn't the end of life, believe me. But having those stupid red bumps in the wrinkles makes a face look damn bad.

If your skin is clear, be happy. Your life is fine.

When you wake up in the morning and don't recognize yourself in the mirror for the gullies and volcanos looking back at you, then you've got something to complain about.

I'm Maudie Durkin

I'm Maudie Durkin and I'm dying. Now don't get all *sob* about that, because you're dying, too. But I'm going sooner, likely. 

My given name is Nelda. Are they called given anymore? My sainted husdand Tommy Durkin told me the night we got hitched that he always wanted to bed a girl named Maudie so I let him call me that.

He's dead now.

I'm losing what's left of my mind so I'm going to go too.

Now don't get all preachy. I'm not going to kill myself. And I'm not sick. I'm just not interested in living and that means I'm making decisions that way.

I came here to tell all you young people how if feels to get old and be alone and have no reason to live.

Just in case it matters to you now. If it doesn't, don't worry. It will. So you might as well read what I have to say.

I'll sing some, too, along the way.