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On the Fourth Day of a Feminine Christmas
This young wife is buying the traditional male gift of a handsome tie. There is just something about a man in a suit and tie especially if he knows how to stand and…
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On the Third Day of a Feminine Christmas
The fur on my hooded jacket softly tickled my neck on a long and dark drive home from work last week. I found it oddly comforting as I hadn’t worn a hat that…
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On the Second Day of a Feminine Christmas
Every Christmas morning after the mad unwrapping was over, my mother presented my grandmother with her annual Christmas corsage. It always came in a snow-white florist box with a clear plastic cover. We…
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On the First Day of a Feminine Christmas
No matter how far away you roam…there’s no place like home for the holidays ~ Perry Como ~ I love the moody darkness of this illustration. And this was me tonight as I…
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Thanksgiving
I thought this was a lovely image for Thanksgiving. The guest comes bearing gifts – straight from the tree. Aside from the turkeys we constructed in elementary school with multi-colored paper feathers, the…
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Bright April (or Fringed Placemats)
“It’s a book about Girl Scouts”, said the book dealer as I lightly turned the pages of Bright April, a children’s book by Marguerite de Angeli. “Actually, it’s a book about diversity”, I…
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Tea and Sympathy
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different”. ~C.S. Lewis A shy classmate in my kindergarten class admitted at circle time that her mother…
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In The Night Kitchen
I’ve been having some work done on my house these last few weeks. And it’s been stressful. I haven’t been home for the noise and mayhem but there are plenty of new chores…
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Bubbly Melon’s Italian Pie
One of my first jobs after college was working for a cutting-edge tech company. It was 1978 and we were making computers for the airline industry. It was a blast with a Mad…
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Better Than Their Betters
The title of my post comes from one of my favorite films, Mrs. Miniver. I never paid much attention to the line until it came to mind this weekend. Mrs. Miniver, played by…
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The Richness of Apples
“I miss the apples”, a grade-school friend said to me recently. He lives in Florida now and was referring to the apples that practically paved the roads and sidewalks, the fields and hills…
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A Birthday Letter
Tomorrow is a big birthday for me. I know. I can’t believe it either. I am not 17 as I am in the picture below (follow the blue eyeshadow trail). That girl had…
