RIP Mildred Orton
I was very, very sad to see the news of Mildred Orton's death yesterday.
Who is Mildred Orton, you ask?
Mildred Orton is none other than the co-founder of my current favorite happy place, the Vermont Country Store catalog. Maybe because I long to be my great-aunt Sissy and wear swim-caps covered with plastic flowers to the pool, I find I can't get enough of it. Where else can one order electric typewriters, pickled brussels sprouts, Lemon Up shampoo and several varieties of "Intimate Solutions" all at the same time? And yes, when summer comes 'round and the window A.C. unit isn't quite up to the job of de-stickifying the duplex, I covet one of their many muumuus. I don't think I've derived this much enjoyment out of a piece of junk mail since the Sears Wish Book was dropped on my parents' step every October.
So rest in peace Mildred, "purveyor of the practical and hard-to-find". You did good.
Who is Mildred Orton, you ask?
Mildred Orton is none other than the co-founder of my current favorite happy place, the Vermont Country Store catalog. Maybe because I long to be my great-aunt Sissy and wear swim-caps covered with plastic flowers to the pool, I find I can't get enough of it. Where else can one order electric typewriters, pickled brussels sprouts, Lemon Up shampoo and several varieties of "Intimate Solutions" all at the same time? And yes, when summer comes 'round and the window A.C. unit isn't quite up to the job of de-stickifying the duplex, I covet one of their many muumuus. I don't think I've derived this much enjoyment out of a piece of junk mail since the Sears Wish Book was dropped on my parents' step every October.
So rest in peace Mildred, "purveyor of the practical and hard-to-find". You did good.