Happy September! As the crazy, hectic days of summer become a memory, our thoughts are turning to fall. For me, I love all things farmhouse, rustic, vintage and historical to decorate with. And ...

Michaan’s specialists had an appraisal event recently at the Jewish Community Center in Walnut Creek. Among some charming and lovely things I saw was an embroidered flour sack. The family didn’t know ...

Flour was a staple in pioneer homes, and so was the flour sack. As soon as a frugal homemaker had emptied a 50-or 100-pound bag of flour, she turned the soft cotton material into tea towels, curtains, ...