Mellow Yellow — a Medley of Cheer

Yellow from the ground up — a Medley of Mellow Yellow, including some Outfits of the Day, some cheery blooms, a sketch of a favourite book cover (yellow, of course), and some mending. All that’s missing is YOU; do pop through by clicking the link.

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January Reading — Good Start to 2024!

I read SO much in January — all fiction, all English, literary fiction, historical fiction, some mystery novels, some books that beg a second reading, and books that take us to the Appalachians, to Cumbria, New York, Paris, Athens, 1950s Minnesota and even into toile-patterned wallpaper . . . Come see if there’s anything you’d like to pull down from the shelf and read. . .

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More Winter Dressing . . . and a big Thank You!

After last week’s Thoughts on Ageing post, a big thank you for your interest and thoughtful comments. Today, I’m sharing some OOTDs I enjoyed wearing this Winter — layers of memories pulled from the wardrobe. And all worn with red tights!

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Winter Wear for Mild-ish Days with Thoughts of Ageing . . .

Okay, some bait-and-switch with that photo — I’m illustrating a post on Getting Old(er) — on what there is and isn’t to fear about that process — with some photos of winter outfits. Because, after all, Getting Older needn’t mean we don’t care about what we wear. . .

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2023 Reading List

2023 was another rich year of reading, and putting my Annual Book List together was a good way to remind me of so many great titles. This list offers those titles with briefest of descriptions (genre, setting, subject, etc) and a link back to the monthly post in which the fuller entry originally appeared. Perhaps you’ll find your next book here? Click through to peruse. . .

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