• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

CONSIDER THIS with Annette Petrick

Timely perspectives on life, love, friends, family, giving back, and giving thanks

  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
  • Story Library
  • Reviews
  • Connect

Collector

Collector
Play

Backstory – Collector

This story was part of a recording that did not get edited for the radio.  There is no music intro and you won’t hear Alan Arehart introduce me.  I wanted to share it with the special listeners who receive our Sunday stories.  Those of you who collect any kind of themed treasure will relate, I believe.  Let me know what you think.

Consider This Show – Collector

Click to listen or follow below to read.

I am known to be a collector.  How about you? Does everyone know you are enamored of frogs or cute little mice? Does your head turn for giraffes or red poppies? Do they shower you with towels, scarves, cups and toilet seats – all emblazed with grapes?

If you are a collector, how did that come about? Why did you buy the first item in your collection?  Your second?

I seem to be a volunteer collector – like those flowers in your garden that sprout up without your planting them. Something comes into my possession. Someone sees that I have that thing, so I must like that, So, they buy me another version – for my birthday, for Christmas, for Kwanzaa, to help me get well. Soon I have a dozen things with the same theme.

By now, any observer can see that I am obsessed with this collection with which I have been showered.

I do admit to deliberately collecting teapots.   I look for unusual designs at auctions and yard sales and have some real finds. There are over 30 of them in the kitchen now.

But how about the butterflies?  And the miniature shoes? Those just kind of fell into my lap.

And there they are – official collections, ready or not. I enjoy them every day and give thanks for friends and family who gifted me with so many of them that I became their collector.

[Show #341]

Filed Under: Advice and Encouragement, Love and Kindness Tagged With: collecting, lifestyle

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Jill Martineau Cornish says

    July 23, 2017 at

    I too have more teapots than anyone needs. My favorite is a Belleek pot that I bought to replace the broken old one in my great aunt’s tea service. The new one is serviceable; the old pieces are gorgeous! But my real “collection” is the thousands a cookbooks and food stories I have acquired over the years. I even bought some of Wilford Butler’s books from his local library, hoping to resell them for donations to the ASAE Foundation. Unfortunately, there were not enough of them of any value. I gave away all those that were duplicates and kept a couple of special volumes. I think fondly of Mr Butler when I use his books. Can’t imagine what will happen to all these books when I can no longer read or cook.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to the Podcast & Blog Post


(Your information is safe with me. I use MailChimp to send weekly emails that link to my most recent podcast episode and blog post. I never sell or share your information. You may unsubscribe at any time.)

Now Featured in Grand Magazine

A new adventure for Consider This Radio Show! We're now featured in Grand Magazine, and YOU can subscribe for free! Click here to subscribe. It's my gift to you!

Grand mag subscribe Feb 2019

NOTE: Grand Magazine subscription does not automatically subscribe you to my Sunday morning email. See below to be included in Sunday Morning Friends. 

Connect with me!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Recent Posts

  • Autumn
  • Best Mother’s Day Gift
  • Heartfelt Letter from Annette
  •      Final Sunday Consider This Story
  • The Christmas Pageant

Find Shows by Category

Active Member
Virginia Bloggers

Virginia Bloggers logo

Tale Tellers of St Augustine

Virginia Storytelling Alliance logo

Cowbird logoRead and hear Annette’s stories on Cowbird.com, a public library of human experience: stories from writers in 185 countries.

Active Member

Shenandoah County Chamber-Logo

rotary international logo

2X Paul Harris Fellow
J. Carl Coiner Award for
outstanding service
2018-2019

Recent Posts

  • Autumn
  • Best Mother’s Day Gift
  • Heartfelt Letter from Annette
  •      Final Sunday Consider This Story
  • The Christmas Pageant

Categories

  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
  • Story Library
  • Reviews
  • Connect

© 2024 Annette Petrick - Consider This Radio Show. All Rights Reserved.