Not certain where it went, so will post it here. I have ordered a book about PIckard, so will see what it tells. Thanks for your interest and efforts. the email follows

Why this is important: We live in Jacket, MO, which was once a town, and is now just farmland and memories. We are five miles from Pea Ridge, Arkansas High School on AR 265/MO KK. Hunky, (real name Freddy) and his family moved here in 1956 and never left. He and his father farmed and raised cattle here. Anyone who was interested in farming the land is gone, now, except us.

We are both heart patients, and it is too dangerous for him (or me) to brush hog or clear undergrowth on some of the hills we own. Mainly because it is undeveloped and used as hay fields and cattle grazing, this is beautiful land, pristine and quiet and peaceful. We are extremely blessed to live here and always try to tithe and give back.

His family and mine are military. We support the veterans of all wars in a lot of ways and he is always looking for innovative ways to give back. So, rather than cut the land into small pieces and lose the tranquility, AND in an effort to do something that is different and beneficial, (I think he secretly hates retirement, or at least the slower pace) we are building mini homes that will be rented at a below market value to single men who have served in the military and don’t have a comfortable place to live. The VA out of Fayetteville is full on board with us, and the construction has begun on the first six cabins.

At the same time, I am emptying a house in preparation for selling it in Springfield, MO which is too far for me to travel to very often. I am selling off the things I thought were valuable and hoping to get them into the hands of collectors who know and love this stuff. And, who don’t do “random gravity checks” with full dishes of hot food without warning. We have only been back together for three years, and are still blending our lives into one. There has been a lot of STUFF to get rid of, and we are just now beginning on my stuff.

My stuff is the remnants of three people who spent an enormous amount of time and money collecting things. None of which is me–I only collect rocks. If an antique can’t be used for its original purpose or I can’t reuse it for another, I prefer to see and hear about it and then go home. SOOO, that is why this is important to me.

There are lot of veterans returning from Afghanistan and this current action who are homeless. There are Viet Nam vets who still live in the caves of this area. It is our purpose to see them in a maintainable setting that is male-oriented and military-minded, where it is okay to eat out of a can and scratch and watch the game on tv and do stuff the way untamed men do.

We will be outfitting their cabins with everything they could need to live and be happy. Operation ReBoot will supply most of what they need, but I am building a fund to supply things you don’t want to share, like sheets and towels and silverware and such. I love old and mismatched plates and cups, so they won’t get a new set of dishes unless they specifically ask for it, but to honor the guys, we want their homes to be better than junk shop quality, and to be ready to walk into and live. So, I am creating a fund to do just that. It is my way of honoring their sacrifice and service.

Thank you for your interest, we are very excited about our man caves. We don’t feel comfortable renting to both men and women in the same group, as it takes at least 45 minutes for emergency services and law enforcement to arrive by road. And a single woman living among a group of man cave dwellers is a recipe for trouble. We probably won’t build cabins for women out here, rather buy old houses in Pea Ridge or around Pineville, MO and rehab for women soldiers and their families. I am off now to figure out why I can’t upload pictures or anything else to Kovels. I have created an update at least six times now, so it must be something I am not doing right that keeps preventing it from going. I next have to figure how to sell stuff on eBay. Not sure it’s worth it for the Belleek and Nippon, as the costs to ship it are as much as they are worth! That is next. I do thank you for interest and support in this, as I am bound by what I can find on Google and what I can learn from knowledgeable folks like you.