Have you given up on Christmas yet?  Tree down?  Wreath hanging by a thread?  Not here… The week between Christmas and New Year’s is still festive and can be a lovely week of…

I cannot listen to Doris Day singing Toyland without weeping.  Babes in Toyland was the first movie I ever saw and I remember it well.  My mother took my older brother and my sister…

I picked up a free shopping publication at my local market this week.  The cover shouted that it was my shopping guide to all the local stores and boutiques where I could turn…

It was such a joy to find this image, especially after my last post when I decided no matter what, I will always have a Christmas tree. Our solitary lady is unpacking what…

Like Sophia Loren, I have opted for a petite Christmas tree, which is also artificial.  I made the switch a few years ago when my daughter married and left home.  Although I love…

Christmas and books just go together.  And if I receive a book for a Christmas present, I am usually very delighted. Lists are created of the most popular or most purchased books of…

This young woman knows that hot pink is a fetching alternative to traditional red for Christmas.  Even the door to her apartment is decorated with a cheery hot pink wreath that may or…

Did you know that you can use the search button on this blog to have a nice read of all The Twelve Days of a Feminine Christmas?  A reader recently did that and…

“We’ll use what we have in the house”, said my grandmother when I asked her how I could wrap a Christmas present for my mother when the shop was out of paper and…

The fall has brought new ways to grieve my mother – certain views of the sky, slants of light, driving by her favorite shops.  My mourning comes with tears which I have helped…

I feel as though I just got married.  No, not really.  But my generous aunt gifted me with my grandmother’s sterling silver flatware recently.  Delightfully, it’s a full set and then some. Many…

Many years ago I worked as the assistant to the assistant of a small bank’s president.  The degree of separation was very short and I became friendly with the president, a lovely woman…