Paris Shopping: Des Belles Addresses

We’re packing up this evening, and by this time tomorrow I’ll be cuddling a Five and a Three that I haven’t seen since they surprised me for that Really Big Birthday! Not much time to…

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Postcards from Ston, Croatia

 I haven’t been pen-and-ink sketching in my written journal much this visit,  doing watercolour sketches in a separate journal instead (I’ll post my latest watercolour tomorrow or Wednesday, flaws and all). But a few mornings…

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Authenticity at a Certain Age — or The Authenticity OF a Certain Age. . .

First of all, because this is such a busy pre-travel week for me, I’m going to spread this thinking out into three posts — and the last one is likely to be delayed a bit…

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Five Things Friday — Creativity and Visual Inspiration

I’m on school drop-off duty this morning (honestly, it’s a pleasure rather than a duty, and I volunteered), and then a doctor’s appointment directly after, so this will be quick.  Just thought I’d share Five…

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Five Things on a Sunny Spring Friday

Well, we’ll see if I make it to Five Things.  1. These beautiful apple blossoms on the Scarlet Sentinel tree opened this week in our terrace garden, thanks to some very generous sunshine.  Besides being…

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