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Sunshine On Her Shoulders…
…makes model/actress Shelley Hack happy in her vibrant floral jacket. I also love the rays of sun that illuminate her hair and pretty face in this picture, which I recently found in one…
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The In-Between
I have long adored J.M. Barrie’s tale of Peter Pan and was delightfully charmed when Peter said he would wait for us between sleep and awake – the space where dreams are remembered…
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The Warmth of Winter Perfumes
Winter is a heady time for the senses: frosty cold, pristinely white landscapes, soft cashmere, the glow of firelight, comforting soups, and rich warming perfumes. Choosing fragrances with opulent spicy undertones mirrors our…
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A Valiant Fight for Glamour
When I was newly single, I became a docent at a wonderful historic home that was rich in costuming. A lovely elderly woman managed the volunteers and when she found out about my…
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The Woman in the Glass
This ad for a designer faucet stopped me in my tracks. I have felt this way most of my life. Well, at least since I first dipped into Little Women, Jane Eyre, Wuthering…
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Winter Musings
Charity begins at home…and so does kindness. When I need to make changes in myself, mostly in regards to fitness and well-being, I am far more successful when the changes become a source…
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Better Days Ahead
Many years ago, a friend whose life I thought perfect, let me read a card her husband had given her. Inside was a simple handwritten line: “Better days ahead”. As I was to…
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On the Twelfth Day of a Feminine Christmas
I love this elegant image of a woman in a Christmas green knit dress sitting with a friendly reindeer. The deep forest green and red shoes (and hair) make for a lovely Christmas…
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On the Eleventh Day of a Feminine Christmas
This image says “New Year’s Day” to me. Perhaps it’s her pastel coat and floral muff. Perhaps she has done what I do which is to put away my fall colors and hues…
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On the Tenth Day of a Feminine Christmas
All over Facebook are folks wishing others Happy New Year. Many are enhancing their posts with vintage photographs showing people at parties wearing their very finest. Invariably, someone will lament, “Why can’t people…
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On the Ninth Day of a Feminine Christmas
This is one of my favorite feminine Christmas images which I clipped from a British Vogue many years ago. I apologize for the quality but perhaps you will understand why I saved the…
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On the Eighth Day of a Feminine Christmas
This lady is bringing Christmas to someone, at least it appears so since a tree is her passenger. I always have Christmas Eve at home with family and some friends. Sometimes there is…