Reading Elegantly? A Covid-19 Outfit of the Day. . .

  Outfit of the Day posts:  you know that I struggle with them (so self-conscious-making! so vulnerable-making!), but you also know that I have reasons for persisting to publish occasional photos of What I Wore.…

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Back to Bordeaux . . .

An old door in notre quartier (our neighbourhood). . . Bordeaux, 2016 A busy week here —  My schedule always seems full enough already, but I had to add a few more items to the…

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My October Reading

 Time for the monthly reading report. . . .  October followed September’s great reading with another felicitous stack of books.  From my 2020 Reading Journal, these entries: Brit Bennet’s The Mothers (literary fiction; coming-of-age; Black…

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What a Week — A De-Briefing Potpourri

  Whew! What a week this has been! Tuesday, I was so scrambled that I dialled into my Wednesday night Italian class — a few minutes early, as usual — and found myself the only…

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November Happiness — a Modest Achievement

AND. . . . it’s November. . . Big doings on the horizon, and let’s all hope they bring positive change to see the year out. . . The calendar’s turned a page; the clock’s…

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