The flapper is missing, but the wheel spins. I found it in an antique store and the owner thought it might be from some game. It is metal, rather heavy, yet 8 inches in diameter and 6 ½ inches high.

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So I lugged the antique spinning wheel downstairs and placed it in the center of the living room. This is a common practice in the world of home organization and downsizing, by the way.

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Family history permeates Mary Ann Moore's spinning wheel, but the wheel is no antique. A craftsman built it for her in 2005 as the final step in a story that reaches back nearly 40 years.

An antique spinning wheel donated by Mark Brister is pictured Thursday, May 19, 2022, at The Acadian Museum in Erath, La. STAFF PHOTO BY LESLIE WESTBROOK.

The wheel has special importance to this family, for this is the one that Darren put together from a kit, as his mother, too ill to help, watched from the living room couch.