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The Shop Girls
Not too long ago, I admitted to myself that I dislike shopping very much these days. Being in a mall imparts the same blue feeling that use to wash over me while visiting our town’s annual carnival. All the…
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Coats and Nostalgia
Coat shopping isn’t what it use to be. Coats were once so plentiful, affordable, and beautifully made. Even the most expensive coats today are only blends. Where is the soft melton wool with…
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Come October
October tugs at my heart more than any other month. It calls to mind school days, plaid skirts, football games, sunshine and comfort foods. Its atmospheric ways stir the soul and put extra meaning…
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Birthdays, Slippers, and Serendipity
Yesterday was my birthday and although I cannot say why here, I cried all day. The reason for the tears doesn’t exist any longer but 24 hours ago, I didn’t think that would be possible. …
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Laura Quinn, Working Girl Style
Laura Quinn (Demi Moore) is a fascinating style icon for the working girl. Her controlled 1960’s look mirrors her contained deameanor. Always being overlooked for promotions over the Mad Men dressed males…
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When the music stopped
My mother and father were high school sweethearts who married and had children young. One benefit to having parents ten years younger than my friends’ parents was that music always played at our house. …
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Pretty Found
A few years ago I stopped reading most of the glossy fashion magazines. I became bored to tears with celebrity covers as well as endless mini photos from the runway. Also, it seemed as though…
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Discernment
I had a recent memory of being at my grandmother’s on a cold winter day. I was about 11. She was in the kitchen doing her thing: preparing vegetables, polishing a brass candlestick,…
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Halcyon Days
In Greek mythology, Halcyon Days were the seven temperate winter days without storms that occurred when a lovely young wife transformed into a bird to reunite with her beloved husband who died. Here…
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The Thoughtful Dresser
Are clothes an ally to human dignity? So says Linda Grant in her thoughtful book, “The Thoughtful Dresser”. We all like to be covered up most of the time but do clothes really…
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Lit from Within
The change in light tells me fall is on its way. I plan on wringing summer dry and just bought a pretty new beach towel so I know I have a few more…
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Taking Romance
I like Adam Levine. I really do. He’s handsome, kind and soulful, and I like his songwriting and music. Some of it anyway. But I was shocked to find out that a work acquaintance in…
