Television Values

Matilija Poppy. May, 2011. What’s it Worth? How much is your stuff worth? Lots of television programs address that question. On Antiques Roadshow, hopeful folks drag their treasures to an auditorium, where experts determine the value of that old painting, vase, or childhood toy. Each episode features one item that’s appraised for some wondrous sum of […]


Lost and Found

Rich, Me, ADM Thad Allen. Chicago, August, 2009 Who’s Calling? While attending a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary conference in Chicago a few years ago, I received a surprising phone call from my father-in-law in California. “Rich lost his cell phone,” Dad reported. “Some guy there at your hotel found it.” Then he gave me the […]


Lost and Found

Rich, Me, ADM Thad Allen. Chicago, August, 2009 Who’s Calling? While attending a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary conference in Chicago a few years ago, I received a surprising phone call from my father-in-law in California. “Rich lost his cell phone,” Dad reported. “Some guy there at your hotel found it.” Then he gave me the […]


>Lost and Found

> Rich, Me, ADM Thad Allen. Chicago, August, 2009 Who’s Calling? While attending a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary conference in Chicago a few years ago, I received a surprising phone call from my father-in-law in California. “Rich lost his cell phone,” Dad reported. “Some guy there at your hotel found it.” Then he gave me […]


Lost and Found

Rich, Me, ADM Thad Allen. Chicago, August, 2009 Who’s Calling? While attending a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary conference in Chicago a few years ago, I received a surprising phone call from my father-in-law in California. “Rich lost his cell phone,” Dad reported. “Some guy there at your hotel found it.” Then he gave me the […]