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Dear Void
Before work yesterday, I ran into Home Goods to buy a box of the most exquisite cream-colored candles that I’ve seen in years. As usual, I created an extra errand because when I…
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Bird On A Wire
Ever since I visited the Warner House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire a few years back and saw the evocative portrait of Polly Warner, I’ve been intrigued with 18th and 19th century paintings of…
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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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Summer Serendipity
After Sunday School many years ago, my daughter excitedly ran towards me clutching a bouquet of paper roses she made. They were simple beauties created from colorful tissues folded in accordion pleats, rimmed…
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Summer Skies and Lullabies
As we await the delivery of wedding photographs, we are reminiscing about our happy day. Sunday morning dawned with smokey fog but by noon, the skies peeled back to reveal a lovely Wedgewood…
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Spring Miscellany
Last month I saw the film The Woman in Gold with my daughter. I was not expecting to be so swept away by the plight of Maria Altmann as she attempts to…
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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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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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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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Fairy Tales
One Christmas, I received a sweet little teddy bear. Baby blue and soft, it had a wee golden turnkey on its back and when wound, elicited a charming tinkling version of Lara’s Theme from the film Dr.…
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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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Miscellany
My daughter and I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art for their wonderful exhibit, “Impressionism, Fashion, & Modernity”. (And by the way, if you visit New York City in early spring, you are…
