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On the Fifth Day of a Feminine Christmas
Is anybody home? Apparently we are because we are doing most of our Christmas shopping online this year. I know I am. Amazon is dropping by almost every day right now. But I…
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On the Fourth Day of a Feminine Christmas
Blue dresses such as the one above always catch my eye at Christmas. I had one once, that very color – not navy or a jewel blue – but a beautiful creamy azure…
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On the Third Day of a Feminine Christmas
And a good time was had by all… I have hardly ever met a beauty or fashion book I didn’t like. And somehow, I’ve managed to keep my finger on the pulse of…
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On the Second Day of a Feminine Christmas
I’ve long been enchanted by this image of seemingly the same woman decorating two very different Christmas trees. And although I love both of them, I understand the duplexity very well. On one…
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On the First Day of a Feminine Christmas
I thought the first posting of Christmas should begin with a kiss! This romantic pair are certainly smitten with each other. Not being an overly demonstrative person, I’m not a natural hugger. I…
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Angels Unawares
My parents had an acrimonious divorce when I was 22. Don’t ever let anyone tell you divorce doesn’t hurt an “older child”. It. Does. And divorce reverberates down the decades and makes worries…
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What is in a (Beauty) Name
I tried on an eye shadow yesterday called Roach. It was between that and Polyester Bride which was as silvery as tinsel. I’ve heard that glittery shadow is not attractive on older eyes,…
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Why Don’t You?
I finally finished Amanda McKenzie Stuart’s wonderful biography, Empress of Fashion, A Life of Diana Vreeland. I wanted to savor it and so I did and it took me three years but oh…
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Seasons of Scent
“You smell like the eighties”, my daughter invoked when she hugged me recently. She was right – I was wearing an old 1980’s favorite, Coco by Chanel. It was a fragrance that I…
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The Sound of Music
My sister healed herself with music once. She was very sad after an unexpected miscarriage and the simple act of putting a CD player and some CD’s on her kitchen counter slowly helped…
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Fall Shoes
The mother of a friend who is 94, still wears heels. She simply won’t give them up. And why should she? As long as she isn’t prone to toppling over. It’s not hard…
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Artifacts of Remembrance
In 1993, my train home from Boston one night got stuck on the tracks for several hours. There was only one person on that train with a cell phone and she kindly let…
