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Last Will and Testament
My mother was a booklover and never without a volume on her aproned lap when she waited for the Sunday roast to finish cooking. Books, magazines, newspapers, even pamphlets overflowed every flat surface…
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Lost Islands
Some weeks have personalities of their own. And so do some weekends. Last Friday night while driving home from dinner with my daughter, I received a call on my bluetooth. When I said…
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The Woman in the Glass
This ad for a designer faucet stopped me in my tracks. I have felt this way most of my life. Well, at least since I first dipped into Little Women, Jane Eyre, Wuthering…
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Belonging to Moonlight and Roses
Recently I read a teenage novel on the recommendation of a friend. It was her favorite high school read and it was lovely, set in the 1950’s. It had lots of the domestic details…
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Fashion in Literature
I am possessed by the beauty of the past. And while a vintage novel’s domestic details—like a cut crystal bowl brimming with oranges in a Christmas tableau—stirs my heart, the rousing happens moreso…
