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On the Fourth Day of a Feminine Christmas
This mother and son have just selected a Christmas tree for their city apartment. Perhaps Father is away at war or he is working and Christmas has fallen on feminine hands again. I love that…
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On the Third Day of a Feminine Christmas
This is a print that appeared in a short-lived French fashion magazine called La Gazette du Bon Ton (translated, The Journal of Good Style). The periodical covered the latest developments in beauty and…
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On the Second Day of a Feminine Christmas
This little charmer drew me right in. I love the little lady of the house decorating her modest tabletop tree, her fancy heels and bracelets. Her rosy cheeks. How sweet her pretty little tree and gifts. …
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My true love gave to me…
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…a pair of chandelier earrings. What I love about Myrna Loy in this picture is that everything she’s wearing can be worn…
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My Favorite Holiday
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Except for cooking and entertaining, it asks nothing of us except to love one another. I could list here all the things I am grateful for but it would…
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A Day in November
Like Christmas, one of my favorite days of the year comes but once in twelve months. Yesterday was the day I made my annual trek to my favorite Boston book fair. This exhibit…
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The Warner House
I dragged three unwitting participants with me to the Warner House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire yesterday. My goal was to see a bedspread. Long on my unofficial bucket list was to view the Betsy…
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Flights of Fancy
Have you been stopped at a red light in a November dusk and watched the eerie dance of the starlings? They fly en masse from wire to wire with the precise unison of synchronized swimmers. …
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Paperdoll Worlds
I loved paperdolls as a child. I thought they were the most precious things. My mother tore out Betsy McCall’s page from her monthly McCall’s magazine for me and I spent many afternoons…
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Exposed Lingerie and Dance & Fashion
I visited the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City for two wonderful exhibits last week. Exposed A History of Lingerie traced intimate apparel from the eighteenth century to the present. It was a…
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Pursuits
I’ve simplified my home filing system at last. The floral letter basket on my desk only holds a few folders now: Ideas for Blogging, Ideas for Content Writing, Money Articles, Spirituality, Literary Notes, and my…
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Football Love
That possibly innocent observation by Henry had an instant and cruel effect on Lavinia: it took her back vividly to Soldiers’ Field at Harvard. Oh! twenty years ago or more. She had to close her…
