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micro-loan is as little as a few hundred dollars invested into a one-person business with minimal qualifications. That tiny borrowed amount can launch a vegetable stand, repair shop, or bicycle taxi — a living in other words. As each micro-loan is repaid

Small flecks of fluorescent material are embedded into hollow, hand-blown glass orbs. During the day, they absorb sunlight to shimmer and glow after sundown.

Seconds that tick by on a rotating display, squared-off face and numbers that reveal Deco-era design inspirations.

Worn antique panel doors are salvaged for their fine grain and aged finish, then cut to create these hand-painted signs.

Reproduced from an original classic dating from the 1940s, this distinguished watch has many fine features: easy-to-read raised numbers and markers, a large second hand, and a center seconds chapter called the “doctor’s dial” because physicians used it to

Hidden beneath the compass rose are these words by poet William E. Henley: “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”

As a child, your conscience never even blinked when you captured dozens of fireflies. We offer this humane-but no less captivating-alternative: a retro-styled jar with faux fireflies that will never lose their warm glow

A wind chime that evokes lace curtains and player pianos, dark wood and floral carpets. The top is a tortoise-glass dome with an intricately cut antiqued aluminum band. Clear and amber glass and acrylic beads surround the hand-tuned copper chimes.

A faucet floats in mid-air while water flows into a can that never fills. A bit of wit and whimsy for your garden, porch, or sunroom, the watering can is the genuine article, made from galvanized steel.

Left empty or planted with flowers or greens, these fanciful pots are sure to please.

Pi: the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Mathematically inclined chefs will adore this baking dish with the first few dozen digits of the ratio trimming the rim.

Beloved by generations of readers, in print for over 50 years, Caps for Sale is an easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys.

Inspired by vintage advertising signs found in his hometown of New Orleans and rural areas throughout the South, artist Bruce Jope creates unique and nostalgic wall art.

This is the source of much frustration in debates with me, because I always go to number 2 first, but it’s hard to take other people there.

“Take the No-Contact jacket, a waterproff nylon parka that shimmers with 80,000 volts of electricity. You arm it by turning a key in the lock on the outer left sleeve. If you get groped, hit the switch in the palm of your hand.” Oh, yeah. That’s what I’m