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Ordinary treasures

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“I’m getting old.” The lugubrious tone was hilarious.
“Why in particular?” You have to remember that this is my son. If he’s feeling old, he must see me as ancient… I wasn’t giving him that opening though.
“I like Antiques Roadshow.” I tried, unsuccessfully, to restrain the smile. It could be worse. Apparently it was. He was watching the ‘box set’ of episodes and thoroughly enjoying them.

My own age nibbled at my heels… I remembered the show starting with Arthur Negus. Worse than that, I remembered ‘Going for a Song’ when that started too, with the avian automaton that heralded each episode.

“I used to hate it,” he said. “It was boring when you watched it.” Which I always did. My mother had a small antiques business for years and I had grown up surrounded by the old things in my great-grandparents’ homes. The personal heirlooms once owned by…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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