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A Seventeen Spring
As much as I love my vintage Back-to-School Seventeen’s, when April comes around, I like to pull out my handful of spring numbers. Seventeen makes even dull rainy April days look like fun. …
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Bespoke
I saw a bespoke headband from the Gap recently. It was labeled “bespoke”. That’s an adjective I’ve been seeing alot of – especially the last few years. So much so, that it’s now…
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Turnips
There is a marvelous scene in the British series House of Eliott where the Eliott sisters, who have been left destitute by their recently-deceased philandering father, tell each other that despite all their…
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Lilac Season
A friend told me yesterday that she is allergic to lilacs. She had my complete sorrow and sympathy. I can’t imagine spring without them. We had several bushes of lilacs on my street…
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The Secret of the Garden
I felt a pang of tenderness when I glanced down at the floor in front of my mother’s bureau the other day. Neatly, side by side, were a pair of Wellington-like rubber boots…
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Camelot
I love this dress by Tony Ward, who designs gowns and bridal wear from Paris. It looks like something a snow queen would wear or perhaps Vanessa Redgrave could have worn it in…
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How Did You Know?
My grandmother sometimes called me Little Sarah Bernhardt who is the actress looking pleased with herself in the portrait above. I admit to feeling a little pleased with myself as I responded to…
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Shopping in February
Kate Spade handbags and accessories always contain colorful little cards with witty fashion quotes. I’ve saved a few because they make me think of my Aunt Meme (Marie), my godmother, and her sister…
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A Lovely Inconsequence
Did you know that the phrase “a lovely inconsequence” was penned for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy? Historian and public intellectual Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was having dinner one evening with John and Jackie Kennedy. Asked…
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Things Said in Winter
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow… The woods…
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Martin Luther King Day
This blog post refers to Martin Luther King Day and not the man, Dr. King. Most businesses do not close on Martin Luther King Day but it is a nice holiday to have…
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L’Edition de Luxe
When winter finally settles in, I often think of this painting by Boston artist Lilian Westcott Hale. It’s called L’Edition de Luxe and depicts a private interior world that makes me long for…
