This image stole my heart because the little girl reminds me of my daughter at that age. She had a Hummel-like look to her face too. But I also love the snow-swept Narnian…

Like so many of you, I have my favorite Christmas movies. Some years, I skip a few but one I always watch is The Bishop’s Wife with Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta…

Women and Christmas trees have a long-standing connection. On the internet, you will find many entrancing photographs of pleased ladies in their finery posed under their decorated trees. Women and Christmas trees just…

One of the nicest things about Christmas is the wreath on your front door. And others’ wreaths too, which are so fun to see as you travel through hill and dale during the…

Although not a true “Christmas” image, Mrs. Charles Inches as painted by John Singer Sargent, bespeaks a festive Christmas party in her glowing claret gown. I recently viewed Mrs. Inches portrait at Boston’s…

Every season has its buzz-word and lately I’ve been noticing the word “heritage” a lot. It seems the more I see it, the more I see it. It began when I asked a…

Last spring I had the opportunity to wander into a Christian Dior boutique as I was waiting for a friend to finish an errand at a luxurious outdoor mall. I was initially drawn…

I just had a birthday. I had a lot of time to think about this one because of a painful knee injury that kept me in bed for awhile. Since I couldn’t walk…

Being a twin has made me very fond of “Sister Movies”. Not films with multiple sisters such as Little Women or Pride and Prejudice but those with only two sisters. Ladies in Lavender…

I’ve been reading a lot about “glimmers” these last days of summer. I think of them as the opposite of “dimmers” which are those negative thoughts which sometimes occur at the changing of…

The illustration is from an old Victoria magazine. I was captivated by the image of a woman in a hat and swimsuit languishing in her own backyard on a summer’s day. Even the…

It started with lemons sprayed into our hair while sitting in the sun on the back deck. It tweaked my dark hair only a little. It was just a summer thing and nobody…