[ad_1] Margie Soudek came into her first set of salt and pepper shakers—a pair of ducks “dressed like ladies”—around 1946. Throughout the next seven decades, Soudek’s collection expanded to fill a wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling set of shelves. She amassed more than two thousand sets. “Once she started collecting, everybody just gave them to her,” her… Continue reading A Grandmother’s Salt and Pepper Shakers Take on a New Life
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Watch Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers: Bonding Over Grandma’s Quirky Collection | The New Yorker Documentary
[ad_1] [bright music] [telephone ringing] [telephone ringing] [Grandma] Hello. [Meredith] `- [Meredith] Hi, Grandma. [Grandma] Oh, hi. [Meredith] So, I’m teaching this semester, um, and I’m not sure when I’ll be able to finish the film. [Grandma] Oh, what are you teaching? [Meredith] I’m teaching special effects in the film and video department. [Grandma] What’s… Continue reading Watch Margie Soudek’s Salt and Pepper Shakers: Bonding Over Grandma’s Quirky Collection | The New Yorker Documentary
Dear Pepper: Write or Wrong
[ad_1] Dear Pepper is a monthly advice-column comic by Liana Finck. If you have questions for Pepper about how to act in difficult situations, please direct them to dearpepperquestions@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for brevity and clarity. Dear Pepper, I started writing during the pandemic, and now I can’t stop. All I ever want to… Continue reading Dear Pepper: Write or Wrong