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Seventeen Summer
No matter what age I was, all my summers were Seventeen Summers. They were filled with the glories depicted in what I consider Seventeen Magazine’s golden years (1960’s – 1970’s). Neither cell phones…
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Can I see you?
I love the written word and when a man writes, I listen (or read) – especially if he is articulate. I fell in love when a man once wrote to me, “I’m going…
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Room With A View
I had a co-worker/friend who wanted me to meet her parents and so one lunch hour she took me to their small city apartment. The first thing I noticed was a rather odd…
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Sunshine On Her Shoulders…
…makes model/actress Shelley Hack happy in her vibrant floral jacket. I also love the rays of sun that illuminate her hair and pretty face in this picture, which I recently found in one…
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The In-Between
I have long adored J.M. Barrie’s tale of Peter Pan and was delightfully charmed when Peter said he would wait for us between sleep and awake – the space where dreams are remembered…
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The Warmth of Winter Perfumes
Winter is a heady time for the senses: frosty cold, pristinely white landscapes, soft cashmere, the glow of firelight, comforting soups, and rich warming perfumes. Choosing fragrances with opulent spicy undertones mirrors our…
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A Valiant Fight for Glamour
When I was newly single, I became a docent at a wonderful historic home that was rich in costuming. A lovely elderly woman managed the volunteers and when she found out about my…
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The Woman in the Glass
This ad for a designer faucet stopped me in my tracks. I have felt this way most of my life. Well, at least since I first dipped into Little Women, Jane Eyre, Wuthering…
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Winter Musings
Charity begins at home…and so does kindness. When I need to make changes in myself, mostly in regards to fitness and well-being, I am far more successful when the changes become a source…
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Better Days Ahead
Many years ago, a friend whose life I thought perfect, let me read a card her husband had given her. Inside was a simple handwritten line: “Better days ahead”. As I was to…
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On the Twelfth Day of a Feminine Christmas
I love this elegant image of a woman in a Christmas green knit dress sitting with a friendly reindeer. The deep forest green and red shoes (and hair) make for a lovely Christmas…
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On the Eleventh Day of a Feminine Christmas
This image says “New Year’s Day” to me. Perhaps it’s her pastel coat and floral muff. Perhaps she has done what I do which is to put away my fall colors and hues…
