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Seasons of Scent
“You smell like the eighties”, my daughter invoked when she hugged me recently. She was right – I was wearing an old 1980’s favorite, Coco by Chanel. It was a fragrance that I…
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My Second Mother
I lost my second mother two weeks ago. And no matter how old Rosemary was (91), somehow it seemed too soon. We had made plans to visit my first best friend Paula,…
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Her Ring
He came bearing three rings. And then asked which one I liked. All had diamonds but surprisingly, I was most drawn to the sculptured platinum one with two even rows of sparkle. It…
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On the Tenth Day of a Feminine Christmas
Before the internet and cell phones, videos games, and DVD’s and having only one television in the house with just three channels and 6 people, if you wanted to be alone with your…
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On the Second Day of a Feminine Christmas
Aren’t they darling? I imagine they are walking home from a candlelit service at church. Perhaps he, as the Mister, is picking her up and found her waiting under the glowing lamp light,…
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Find One Hundred Ways
I have always loved Quincy Jones’ song (sung by James Ingram), One Hundred Ways. The lyrics stole my heart years ago because, by God, they are true. If it’s violins she loves…well, let…
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My Yellow House
I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after…they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water and altered the color of my mind.” ~ Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights…
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There Be Dragons
Dear Readers, you may know that I do not write for a living. At least not all my living. My style writing and other contributions, paid writing, etc. have never filled the coffers…
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Tea and Sympathy
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different”. ~C.S. Lewis A shy classmate in my kindergarten class admitted at circle time that her mother…
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A Birthday Letter
Tomorrow is a big birthday for me. I know. I can’t believe it either. I am not 17 as I am in the picture below (follow the blue eyeshadow trail). That girl had…
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A Golden Fall
I got a lucky break one early fall morning when a working mother from a nearby town called to see if I was available to watch her two little girls everyday. It was…
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The Fourth of July …. and Carol
Summer brings many joys like ice cream and the Fourth of July. This year more than ever, it seems that American women dressed very patriotically. The political and social reasons can be explored…
