Miscellaneous

  • goings on…

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    It’s been mostly a quiet July 4th, though our neighborhood has a DIY parade every year. It’s always a treat to see how excited the kids are,…

  • encore: family, known and unknown

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    Today would have been my Grandmother’s 115th birthday. She saw and did so many amazing things, many of which I never knew until years after…

  • mid-week miscellany

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    I was so happy to see that Eileen Fisher brought back these tencel ankle pants this year. If you’re planning some warm weather travel these…

  • encore: words of Liz-dom

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    Yesterday was Elizabeth Taylor’s birthday. I thought it might be fun to revisit one my favorite posts, a tribute to a legend. “Big girls need…

  • mid-winter pick-me-ups

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    This is the time of year when it can begin to feel as though winter is going to drag on forever. Even if your climate…

  • sidewalk café

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    One of my very favorite things in life is to sit at a sidewalk café in Paris, sipping coffee and watching the world go by….

  • wrangler

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    Back in the Wild West and the days of cattle drives, the wrangler was often the youngest, most inexperienced member of the team who was…