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Busy Season?! Take Some Respite in a Renaissance Garden

Busy Season?! Take Some Respite in a Renaissance Garden

There’s una recita, a recital, at daycare this afternoon before the school closes for the Christmas break. As well, we have to pick up a few little gifts, so there will be something for each…

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‘Tis the Season . . . To Leave Town?

‘Tis the Season . . . To Leave Town?

First Monday in December, and I look back to see that this time last yearwe were still jet-lagged, preparing for a first Christmas in our new home, a condo we’d only lived in for a…

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Christmas Week Reflections

Christmas Week Reflections

Except for Boxing Day, which we had gloriously and entirely to ourselves, at home all day watching the snow, we’ve been enjoying lovely family time, relieved and satisfied at how well our new, smaller space…

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas (with a little help from some Paris light). . .

Wishing you a Merry Christmas (with a little help from some Paris light). . .

 A few years ago, as I posted much earlier, we were pointed to St. Pierre church in Montmartre by a lovely woman dining right next to us in a tiny Paris restaurant. One of the oldest…

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Sensible — and Somehow Luxurious — Dressing for the Holidays

Sensible — and Somehow Luxurious — Dressing for the Holidays

 While we’ve downscaled our Christmas shopping considerably ’round this part — and I’ve shopped much less in general this year of our big move and long travel — the Alessi Nativity set I showed you…

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