An Ongoing Tale

In June of 2012 I went on an Alaskan cruise, it was the most magnificent cruise I've ever been on (and I've been on quite a few). I highly recommend it! If y...

Growing Older I wonder, do all at some point in their life think they will not age? Every day it seems that I wake up to more blurry vision; but I look into ...

I’ve always had a love for photography, I received my first camera as a Christmas gift when I was in the fourth grade. My teachers would amuse me and let me ...

Henry’s Litter Box One of the things that people who visit my home notice, and make mention of, is how I turned an old steamer trunk into a cat litter box. ...

Tonner Con 2011 – Romance is not dead! The Tonner Doll Convention is a four-day doll extravaganza. Attendees come from all over, and as far as Australia, to ...

In April of 2011 I finally made the decision to “move on up”, to a larger apartment that is. It was a very hard decision to make, but a small two-bedroom hou...

March 24-27, 2011 – Tom and I loved the Sweet Potato Queens so much we had to go back for more! This particular year they changed things up a bit and introdu...

Traveling Gnomes. I always just thought this was a Travelocity thing. Didn't realize it was a "prank" that started back in the 80s which involves stealing a ...

All of this self-isolating has been the perfect time to revamp the Brodjam website and design some new Tees! Read our latest newsletter and enter to win our ...

A nostalgic trip back to my childhood… I would have never said that my mother was a good cook, don't get me wrong, she cooked, there was dinner on the table ...

It is the beginning of October 2010 and I find myself toying with the idea of entering the photography competition at the upcoming Tonner Halloween Con. It h...

Waiting for Dinner Guests - starring Henry the CEO ​(photos taken in 2011) <Installment #40 ...

In May of 2010 I decided to invest in a friend-of-a-friend’s invention: a self-portrait photo booth called SnapShot Studio. Having a love for photography and...

The following excerpt was taken from The Sweet Potato Queens Book of Love as told by author Jill Conner Browne. “A stranger arrives at a shack in the middle...

It is the tail end of February, 2010 and I am on my way to Maine to pick up a load of dolls from a client; my friend, Tom, is riding along with me. We listen...

The year is 2010, it is February 14th Valentine’s Day and what a surprise I got... My boyfriend at the time was stuck in California dealing with family matte...

So to recap 2008… Five weddings, two funerals, a trip to Italy, and my first Tonner Doll convention. And let’s not forget the expansion of my new eBay busine...

‘Tis the season… This week I’d like to share with you the time I took Henry with me to go chop down a Christmas tree.  It was December 2006; Henry had been a...

I attended my first doll convention in 2008; it was the Tonner Halloween convention in Framingham Massachusetts at the Sheridan that resembles an old medieva...

And now that I am back on track with the timeline of my story, let’s pick up where I left off with Installment #24. My trip to Italy was fabulous; aside fro...