What I Don't Collect (Old Post, Edited)

It may seem at times that I collect just about everything,but that is far from being true. For one thing, I don't have time to collect everything
available for collecting. For another, there are some things I'm just not
interested in collecting.  However, I don't disparage those who do collect them.

I can’t list everything I don’t collect, but among them are:
Barbed Wire
Milk Bottle Caps
Stamps
Stickers
but other people’s collections of some of these things
are in my Collection Image Collection.

And there are items I will not add to my existing collections.
I’ll just name a few:
I refuse to add the Mucinex Mascot, Mr. Mucus, to my
Advertising Character And Trademark Collection.
I don’t add books that have to be returned to Open Library dot Org
to my Books With Girls’ Names Collection, nor do I include more than
one book about the same girl.
I don’t add lipstick tubes with no name given to my Lipstick Tube Collection.
Magnets that aren’t die cut do not go into my Refrigerator Magnet Collection.
Nothing later than 1949 will be added to my Vintage Print Media Collection.

I think setting certain limits on what I collect actually makes
 my hobby spicier than if I collected absolutely everything available.

All Kinds Of Collectors (Old Post, Slightly Modified)

People of all ages, from every walk of life, collect
things.
A four year old girl, for example, may just this week
have started collecting stickers, or perhaps paper
dolls, while her great-grandmother has been
collecting buttons for more than eighty years.

There are collectors who concentrate on only
one thing, such as postcards, while other
collect several, or even many, different things.
I, of course, belong to the latter group.

Wealthy people are able to collect costly items,
while those with less money content themselves
with things that are inexpensive, or even free.
Some collectors are completists, while others,
like me, are selective. I don’t add anything that
doesn’t appeal to me to any of my collections.

Some folks have only, or mostly, physical collections,
while others, again including myself, have mostly
online collections.
But all of us collectors hunt for things to add to our collections,and all of feel a thrill when we find an extra special item.

And I believe that our collecting hobbies make our
lives more spicy.

This Blog Is NOT What I Wanted It To Be

 No, this blog is not at all what I wanted it to be, not what I meant for it to be,
and for that I spicily apologize.  I originally planned to have more posts than
just the daily and weekly features.  Regular features, however, are an important
part of a blog, and I might add some more to this one.

Now, what other changes will I be implementing?
At least one post a day, preferably more, in addition to the current daily and weekly features.
More media.
Pictures from my collections.
Et cetera.

Signature PIECES Versus Signature ACCESSORIES

https://mymindmappings.com/2026/02/11/fowc-with-fandango-me/ 

The following is excerpted and adapted from an old blog post.

Yesterday I wrote about signature pieces. Today I'm writing about signature accessories, because I spicily believe in having a signature piece AND a signature accessory. And to me, the terms “signature accessory” and “signature piece” are not interchangeable. Let’s say, for example, that someone had a collection of plastic bead necklaces, red, yellow, green, blue, purple, and so on, and wore a different necklace every day. That would make plastic bead necklaces a signature ACCESSORY.  If, however, that person had ONE plastic bead necklace worn every day, then it would be a signature PIECE.

My own signature piece is the beaded bracelet with the brown stone attached that I blogged about yesterday. My signature accessories are solid red and red-patterned hair ribbons.

And which ribbon am I wearing today?

The one I removed the brown stone from yesterday!

E. M. Kingston's List Of Prompts

E. M. Kingston has a prompt list on her blog, and I spicily appreciate her adding mine. Thanks, E. M!

Reading List From 10 Years Ago

 This post, which I'm sharing on Fandango's Flashback Friday, was first published on one of my old blogs in 2016. Updates added today.

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK

Books read for the first time are marked with a #
Books are listed by author (or series creator),
 and not necessarily in the order read.

"Mary Erskine: A Franconia Story"
by Jacob Abbott
[children's fiction]
(free online book)

 "Summa Theologica"
by St. Thomas Aquinas
long-term Catholic studies
(Kindle book)

"Tangled Web"
by Kristi Holl 
(openlibrary.org loan)
"R U 4 Real?"
by Nancy Been Peacock 
(physical copy)  
Luv @ First Site
by Tess Kindig
(physical copy) 
( todays.girls.com series, created by Terry K. Brown)

 [children's fiction, Christian, (Protestant, denomination or denominations not specified)] Some, but not all, of the books in this series were lost when I moved, so thank God for free online books!
Update: I'm now in a nursing home, and have once again lost many books.

 "A Right to Be Merry"
by Mother Mary Francis, P. C. C
(Kindle book) 
reserved for Sunday

 "Pauline Archer" #
 by Anna Theresa Sadlier
[fiction] 
(free online book) 
 reserved for Sunday
Update: I no longer reserve books for Sunday.

 "Every Day Is A Gift:
Minute Meditations for Every Day
Taken From the Holy Bible
and the Writings of the Saints"
Introduction by Rev. Frederick Schroeder 
 daily devotional reading for 2016
Update: I'm using this book again this year.

"Fifth Chinese Daughter"
by Jade Snow Wong
[autobiography]
Update: Also read this week. I was thrilled to find this
book on Internet Archive.

And I have a spicy feeling that I will be re-reading some more of the books on this list!

A Story I'd Like To Share

 It gives me spicy pleasure (see this earlier post) to share this story by E. M. Kingston.

My New Handy, All-Purpose Word

In Ethelyn M. Parkinson's children's novel, Never Go Anywhere With Digby, another book I plan to re-read soon, the main character and his friends use "vivid" as their handy, all-purpose word. The idea of having such a word appealed to me, and for several years I used "vivid" in that way on my old blog.
Well, now that I have this new blog, I've decided to also have a new word, and that word is spicy. 
But I will NOT be changing the name of this blog to My Spicy Blog, because that might make people think it has adult content, or is about actual spices! 

 I used "vivid" only on my old blog, but I plan to use "spicy" in person as well.
And sometimes, when I'm talking or blogging about food, "spicy" may actually mean "spicy!"

Yes, I think having a handy, all-purpose word is a very spicy idea!