Category: Blog
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It’s a start
Hi, my name is Bena and I have an antique store addiction. It started back when I was a small child and my parents ran an antique auction out of an old barn that was attached to an even older house. My dad stood on the stage and called for bids in that fast paced…
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Front door thoughts
Back in 2004, Chris and I were living in a tiny three bedroom mobile home on this property. We picked out house plans and within 9 weeks, he finished building our house. This front door has been an entry way for friends and family for the last 19 and a half years! I picked it…
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The Cage
Fiction work in progress Chapter 1 The walls of the room were bright white. It came as a stark contrast to the black bars of the cage in the center of the room that resembled something like a jail cell or a fancy home for a massive bird. Unfiltered light from outside the large windows…
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Bena the Bee
I’ve always been busy. Bena sounds like “Renee”. My mom and dad named all four of their children “B” names. Of all of them, she says I gave her the hardest time about staying busy. I was always into something which meant she had to stay one step ahead of me so I didn’t get…