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And The Year’s Reading Began Well: January Books

And The Year’s Reading Began Well: January Books

And so it begins. . . A new Reading Journal for 2021, a small notebook received at a Creative Mornings event, back when those were still in person (sigh). . . I used one of…

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Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Time and Skunk Cabbage Wait for No WoMan (or Covid, for that matter)

Those of us fortunate enough to be #StayingHome have lost many or most or all of the markers that distinguish one day from another. . . And some of us are finding the time that…

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Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Italian Style, Sketching, and Some More Thoughts about Slow Fashion

Consider this for Slow Fashion: This coat (which I shared my sketch of in this post) is over 50 years old. . . .  Ever since that conversation we had about Slow Fashion (or better…

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Lists and Confessions (and Shopping Bags in the Closet. . . .

Lists and Confessions (and Shopping Bags in the Closet. . . .

Having published my list of Books I Read in 2019 over on my Reading Blog earlier this week, I’ve also managed to put together  the list I made after Sue (High Heels in the Wilderness)…

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Resistance (to Cashmere Sweater Dresses) Isn’t Futile (But It’s tough, In Paris)

Resistance (to Cashmere Sweater Dresses) Isn’t Futile (But It’s tough, In Paris)

 On my penultimate day in Paris last month, I was tempted by a grey cashmere sweater dress in the window of Comptoir des Cotonniers. Tempted enough to go inside and look at the dress, feel…

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