Its the local version of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, but based right here on City Island and available through the Internet. This collection includes an eclectic and lively mix of antique jewelry and collectibles, with stories, friendly suggestions and useful tips for the avid buff, or merely for the curious individual, who appreciates classic keepsakes.

City Islander Cynthia Conley calls he business Over the Creek Enterprise. She is a mother of two grown sons, one who still lives on the island. She is also the wife of Dr. Vladimir Kvetan, MD.

If you take a moment, like I should have done long ago and far away - To think about it and analyze what mom truly wants for mother's day, you may arrive and the following conclusion and realization.

It's not a visit to the beauty parlor, or spa for a manicure, pedicure, massage or a facial.

It is not Sunday brunch with mimosas, not a shopping day!

As I should have realized long before I did, what mom really and truly wants, I believe is some basic, love, peace, quiet and alone time to show appreciation.

It is too late for me, but it may not come too late for you.

This Week in History, May 13 - May 19

May 13, 1846
President Polk declares war on Mexico. U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk's request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas.
Under the threat of war, the United States had refrained from annexing Texas after the latter won independence from Mexico in 1836. But in 1844, President John Tyler restarted negotiations with the Republic of Texas, culminating with a Treaty of Annexation.

May 14, 1804

U.S. TO SCRAP IRAQI TRAINING. Costly Policing Efforts.

ROMNEY ON MARRIAGE. One Man With One Woman.

NYPD STOP & SEARCH. Statistics Increasing.

WHOPPING COUGH. Washington Epidemic.

MOTHERS DAY. Celebrate Mama.

A United Nations-backed committee has endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines to help governments protect the rights of people, especially the poor, to own or access land, forests and fisheries.

“Giving poor and vulnerable people secure and equitable rights to access land and other natural resources is a key condition in the fight against hunger and poverty,” said the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva.