Once, when I was walking three miles every morning, it suddenly felt as though I were gliding on roller skates.  My steps were evenly timed, constant and quick and my three mile trek…

The Chanel perfume ads from the late 50’s through 70’s charmingly evoke a feminine loveliness that has been unmatched.  Usually each ad shows a couple or a single woman thinking outloud about a…

In the village store someone says, “I heard the geese go over,” and there is a moment of silence. Why this is so moving, I do not know… But all of us feel…

This sweet photo is my second mother (on the right) with a friend.  The friend is the mother of another high school chum of mine.  I bet those staring young men in the…

Until recently, linen never really held much interest for me.  I thought the fabric was either too stiff and uncomfortable to wear or too wrinkled and sloppy-looking in table linens and bedding.  Most…

I promised to write about my brother Paul who died suddenly three weeks ago.  I tried but it was hard to capture him fully with only words.  At least not yet.  Maybe when…

We didn’t grow up with cousins but we had lots of friends.  And our backyard was full of them every July 4th when Dad would barbecue half the afternoon away.  No one had…

The “lazy days of summer” may take on deeper meaning next month during this time of pandemic.  I plan to continue to quarantine to a larger degree than most even though I live…

I was lucky in that my hometown had a marvelous stationery store on Main Street that was the perfect place for a bookish girl to browse.  Many people today still recall the unforgettable…

It can be argued that a woman’s temple is her closet.  Within are the secrets of her daily life:  her favorite jeans folded on top of the seven pairs never worn because they…

Mother’s Day was a meaningful holiday in my family.  We had two grandmothers as well as a mother to celebrate and Mom was inclusive even though the day was really hers. It was…