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3 Things to Know When Buying Fine Jewelry
When shopping for jewelry, there are three things to know. First, solid gold is the finest, it will never corrode. It's also the most expensive. Ways to help cut down...
End of an Era - Closing out a Retail Shop
October met me with 40 degrees, 40 knots, and sideways rain betraying my makeup. Burnout wouldn't toast your ass so bad if there was a big pile of treasure at...
Witchin' Where the Ravens Don't Go
What's in an ugly word? One filled with heartache. A bursting of a thin glass vase, water spilling over, waves racing its rim. When it finally breaks, gushing out, shards strewn,...
Discovering Alaskana
The most notable section at Rainy Retreat Books is the Alaskana section. Filled with some of Alaska’s best treasures! Wicked stories, historical recollections, photography from the turn of the 18th Century and...
Closet Audit!
Every Spring and Fall I go through my closet to weed out and refresh. A few years ago my family and I had to move into a one bedroom apartment...
A Change in the Wind, a ReBrand Story
Just like in sailing, you get hit with a southeasterly that fills your sails and blows you in a new direction up the rocky coast of life. It's been brewing...
November Day
at least half a dozen of old piling that were no doubt docks, a hundred years ago. Now, there are floating rafts with gold dredging equipment on them. They're either...
A Departed Ghost
Still nursing a hole in my heart from the recent passing of my favorite dog, Boots. He knew all the trails, kept all the secrets, moved through different chapters of...