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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…
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A Worthy Woman
Don’t wish me happiness. I don’t expect to be happy all the time…Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh Many years ago,…
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A Book’s Summer Lullaby
When I heard that Carly Simon had written a children’s book, I had to take a peek. My first impression, which was wrong, was that it wasn’t that special. At the time, I…
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Praying for an Onion
In my recent summer read, the little sister in the story prayed for an onion. Her family’s fortunes had recently been reversed and while other members prayed vigorously for a new house, this…
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Lipstick’s Day
Today is National Lipstick Day and I couldn’t let it pass without posting the marvelous picture above taken by photographer Chaloner Woods in 1955. The colors are so vivid yet so refined and…
