Muriel Barbery’s Gourmet Rhapsody

Okay, seriously remiss here — way back on April 17th I posted that I would “soon” say something about Muriel Barbery’s Gourmet Rhapsody. Meanwhile, I’ve been juggling a few books, and spending quite a bit…

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Mother’s Day Memories and Musings

Looking throuugh some old photos last week, I came across this page in a Photograph album from my late teens/early twenties, an album populated by photos taken with either the Brownie Hawkeye box camera I…

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6th and Blue

No, my Romneya coulterii isn’t blooming yet. Rather, Hostess recently asked that I join her in a meme and post an image from my 6th blogpost. (She also asked that I pass the meme along…

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Natural Beauty . . .

To paraphrase. . . . Consider the species tulips in my garden, growing through the trimmed-down tufts of last year’s grass, soon to be overtaken by this year’s blades. . . They neither toil nor…

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Of Blazer-Twisting, Nana-ing, and Dining . . . A Day in a Grandmother’s Life!

Although I may show you, later, that this blazer also works well with skirts/dresses, this is my last Polyvore-on-the-floor with it for now. Skinny jeans (Wilfrid from Aritzia), a black sleeveless top (Animale), zebra-print/black patent…

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