Resistance (to Cashmere Sweater Dresses) Isn’t Futile (But It’s tough, In Paris)

 On my penultimate day in Paris last month, I was tempted by a grey cashmere sweater dress in the window of Comptoir des Cotonniers. Tempted enough to go inside and look at the dress, feel…

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Not Quite Done With the Holidays. . . .

First post of 2020 — Hello! Happy New Year! Really, though, if I tell you that we’ve put away the tree and the lights, but the Christmas crèche is still on the dresser in the…

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End of 2019 Reading

 On this last day of the year, of the decade as well, one last post to catch up my twelve months of reading — I’ll have my official 2019 Reading List up in the next…

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It’s Been A Very Full Decade. . . Good-Bye 2019. . . .

Funny to look back at mylast few posts of 2009 and see that I was struggling then with what to do about the blog, whether or not to keep it going. . . . still…

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Alchemical Fantasy–The Amber Garden

The second post in a week, and I’m going to sneak in one more before the year (the decade!) is done. This post has been far too long in the making. Back in mid-October, I…

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