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Claudia Myers

Columnist

Claudia Myers is retired from costume design and construction for The Baltimore Opera and the Minnesota Ballet. She is a national award-winning quilter, author and local antique dealer, specializing in Persian rugs. Her book, "The Storyteller," is available at claudiamyersdesigns.com.

There didn’t seem to be as many empty storefronts downtown and some of the old, vacant buildings had come down.
I have always said that the two best things I have done in my life are marry Tom and move to Duluth. The kids come in a very close third.
After 84 years, I’m still here with no signs of unraveling — yet.
I didn’t know until three and a half years ago that I liked to write or even that I could write. And it all started with a New Year’s letter.
When I decided to have a booth at Father Time Antiques quite a long time ago, I intended to sell off some of the items I had collected that were now taking over our household.
I was thinking about our founding fathers and how bewildered they must be if they are somehow observing the American eccentricities that go along with the electing of today’s leaders.
Receptacles of various sizes have held our hopes, dreams, childhoods and chocolate eclairs.
As teenagers in the 1950s, we went to them and worked in them.
Some relatively high-ticket items seem to attract the internet scammers more than others.
I know Christmas gifts are still far away, but I have to explain how it is at our house. I love Christmas. I love thinking about, searching for, purchasing and wrapping gifts for everyone.