Calling All Gardeners. . . Do You Know This Pretty?

On Instagram the other day, I posted this close-up and another photo of the entire shrub it grows on. As I said in that post, I came home and researched this gloriously fragrant shrub whose…

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Five Things Friday

 1. Sometimes it’s the little things.  Simple daily pleasures.  In this case, a beautifully wrapped soap brought back from Florence to be used for daily showers. The same soap that was a lovely amenity in…

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Another Big Autobiographical Novel Series

I’m a bit disheartened at the moment because I cannot, despite having unpacked all the boxes of books (unless he still has some I don’t know about stashed in our storage locker), despite having checked…

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How to Grandma — You Do You. . .

Little Girl’s Mama and Papa (that’s what she’s always called them, my DIL’s heritage being Italian, although the world around LG has her saying Mommy and Daddy more and more often) got home safely yesterday…

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Adjustments — Clocks and Toddlers and Nanas Heading Home. . .

My son and daughter-in-law are on their long flight home as I write, as their daughter sleeps an artificial hour longer this morning thanks to Daylight Savings Time. Sadly, the little chat she and I…

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