She's a a-Ma-ter-i-al Girl. Well, not exactly, but there ARE certain themes I enjoy collecting. What can I say folks, it's the archivist/ librarian/ folklorist in me!

One of the themes I collect concerns anything "WAY OUT WEST" (cowboys & cowgirls & Indians & pioneer life). Another theme I enjoy collecting is what I have coined "Roadside Gargantua." You know, those whatchamacallits along America's highways--like those huge (often garish) sculptures of Paul Bunyan, the World's Largest... snowman or whatever, or those postcards featuring large ears of corn or the gigantic fish they're catching in these parts.

But my major collection is the Statue of Liberty. Since early in life I have been inspired by Liberty's image of strength, justice, and equality for all... a universal symbol of hope.

My collection development policy for "Lady L" is very broad and very liberal (size withstanding, as I am running out of space!). I collect, admittedly somewhat compulsively, all manner of Liberties: key chains, magnets, statuettes, plates, cups, prints, jewelry, postcards, cards, wine bottles, a World's Fair telescope (traded for it with a collector of barf bags), a dancing dashboard ornament, matchbook covers--you name it!

One glance at my Liberty Shrine is an automatic pick-me-up.
Gar-awn-teed!