1. What is the oldest thing you own? A copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches, published in 1863 by a Boston publisher Ticknor and Fields. 2. What is the oldest thing you have in your possession? A home magic lantern. I’ve owned it as far as I can remember – slightly less than 60 years. (Photo attached) 3. What was the most recent thing you made by hand? Last month my wife and I built a model of a classic tea-serving automaton, which is suppo

1. What is the oldest thing you own? A cookbook from 1923 called Modern Mothers’ Cooking, well-used by my great grandma. Published at Times Press in Frankfort, Indiana. 2. What is the oldest thing you have in your possession? A clothespin family, made for me by my uncle Bill. 3. What was the most recent thing you made by hand? A Tyvek envelope to hold artwork. 4. What is your most recent memorable purchase? A classic song: “Some Other Time” performed by Tony Bennett and Bill