Thirty-One Thresholds – Discoveries at the National Mustard Museum? Indeed!

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Buy Diazepam Cheap Online Yesterday I created  Thirty-One Thresholds, a self-challenge to “cross the thresholds” of area museums, galleries, gardens, etc. — in an attempt to convince my brain that activity is good for what ails me.

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https://vbmotorworld.com/q3k5yxp1l The Mustard Museum was my first threshold I crossed on my Thirty-One Thresholds challenge. It wasn’t the most exciting choice on my list nor the most cultural nor even the tastiest place to explore. (I don’t even like mustard!) But it was one of my more successful forays into the outside world after weeks of struggling to get out of the house.

https://livingpraying.com/18zt8h5 The Mustard Museum did have two things going for it. One, it was the closest place to home. And two, it was indoors, important because my thermometer was blinking a chilly 6˚F.

Buy Valium Boots Truth be told, I added the Mustard Museum to my list of places to visit because it was so close and I feared I would lose all motivation one day and not want to go out. Turns out, it was a good plan to get me started.

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https://trevabrandonscharf.com/u36ecxw Once I arrived, I was rather taken with the place. I still wasn’t sure what my “discovery” might be, but I enjoyed exploring the two-floor museum and mustard store.

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go to link In the basement museum, there are over 5400 kinds of mustard from 79 countries, mustard costumes, a “Mustard Piece Theatre” showing mustard documentaries, old photographs of mustard factories, exhibits on the history of mustard, mustard “art” posters and artifacts.

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https://traffordhistory.org/lookingback/zotrxcdww There was much kitsch and mustard-themed comics and puns where ever I looked, I grinned in spite of myself. So, maybe a visit to the mustard museum was just the place to provide some laughs.

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https://technocretetrading.com/uk4pacq Then I read an article about the museum’s owner, Barry Levenson, a former assistant Wisconsin attorney general (who once argued a case in front of the U. S. Supreme Court and Justices Felix Frankfurter and Warren Burger.)

https://www.fandangotrading.com/jf8i5awjp And I discovered THE discovery, a quote about Levenson and his unusual museum from a local newspaper, the Journal Times:

see “…why leave a successful law practice to collect mustard, with a business card that calls him a curator and Chief Mustard Officer? It all started with baseball when the Red Sox blew the 1986 World Series.

https://everitte.org/52xk9z1udw “Depressed beyond words and unable to sleep,” Levinson said, “I walked the aisles of an all-night grocery store, searching for the meaning of life.”

https://www.drcarolineedwards.com/2024/09/18/ras81c9id He figured he needed a hobby to distract him…he insists that he heard a voice from the mustard aisle saying: “If you collect us, they will come.””

https://www.thephysicaltherapyadvisor.com/2024/09/18/m409hdo5pqd Levenson began collecting mustard and mustard memorabilia. His collection eventually became the museum part of the National Mustard Museum. Apparently he followed his bliss, which ended up being mustard.

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Buy Valium Safely Online Hmmm. I don’t think I’ll walk the aisles of the 24/7 grocery store looking for the answer to the meaning of life. But I certainly appreciated his message.

https://trevabrandonscharf.com/jds9wgr Crossing the first threshold proved more interesting than anticipated. (lesson #1 – Just try it. You might like it.)

click I discovered some unusual mustard philosophy in the condiment aisle. (lesson #2 – Follow your passion.)

enter And a little humor, no matter how little, is good for a laugh. (lesson #3 – Laugh out loud.)