Shopping

I was a child during the Great Depression …

Times got good. Then they got bad again. Then they got almost good …

Nobody had anything tangible …

They didn’t explain the Depression as an unusual and desperate heartbreaking experience, a story with a moral to pass on …

My parents both lived through the Depression. While I wasn’t born until the late ’50s, that legacy was alive and well in our house in Auburn, ME

Maybe we’ll begin to concentrate on education, science and health and less on jazzy cars, celebrity worship …

On the count of ‘financial infidelity,’ the Love Goddess pleads guilty

wOw’s Gypsy, Mary Wells, scans the world for little luxuries for your friends, who love the best of the best

Only 91 days until Christmas, and wOw’s Gypsy, Mary Wells, scans the world for little luxuries for your friends, who love the best of the best. Part three of the Luxe List introduces the best gifts for the men in your life

Only 101 days until Christmas, and wOw’s Gypsy, Mary Wells, scans the world for little luxuries for your friends, who love the best of the best. Part Two of the Luxe List introduces shoes, sunglasses and a sampling of jewels

Only 105 days until Christmas, and wOw’s Gypsy, Mary Wells, scans the world for little luxuries for your friends, who love the best of the best. Part One of the Luxe List introduces the finest tasty treats one could ask for