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Tales of November
Wild is the music of autumnal winds amongst the faded woods. ~ William Wordsworth I love this sweet scene of a young mother reading to her children before a warming fire. And I…
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Easter Finery
When I was too young to understand anything spoken in church, I asked my big brother why we had Easter. His wise, all-knowing answer was, “Easter holds us over ’til Christmas”. And it…
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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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On the Twelfth Day of a Feminine Christmas
I have a love/hate relationship with New Year’s Eve. In New England the weather is almost always seasonably frigid and it just seems cozier to stay tucked indoors. But tradition calls for…
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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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Safe Harbor
In my field, we are in the middle of tax season. The best news we give to a client is that their money is in Safe Harbor, a special place where part of…
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Saint Valentine’s Day
I have spent a good many of my adult years without a love of my own. But that never stopped me from embracing Saint Valentine’s Day. I fervently believe it can be enjoyed…
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New Year’s Eve Lesson (with pink suede and a baked potato)
The Christmas I was ten, my mother gave my sister and I our first handbags. They were cotton candy pink suede clutches that folded in half. All handbags given in those days contained…
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Memorial Day
A few years ago, I took my daughter to Arlington National Cemetery. Just outside the gate, our guide told us we were not to laugh or talk loudly. She said she only wanted…
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Irish Girl
My father moved us to my beloved homecity when I was in kindergarten. It didn’t take many St. Patrick’s Days to realize our school had lots of Irish kids. These pals were descendants…
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Valentine
I found this lovely Modern Priscilla magazine at a rare book fair recently. It’s dated February 1918 and it is a gem. The condition is nearly perfect and it cost $5.00. What drew me to…
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Thanksgiving and Relish Trays
My older brother played football in high school so those four years, Thanksgiving dinner was not at my grandmother’s house but at ours. There were some things we could count on at our…
