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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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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Speaking Kindly to Ourselves. . .

First: I’ve posted my August reading on my reading blog, including a few titles I’m sure you’ll enjoy; I’d love to have you stop by and check it out. . . . Otherwise, though. . .…

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Friday Five as I “Hold Space”. . . .

A Friday Five post as I continue to think about what I want to write here.  I’ve always had nigglings of discomfort about the privilege my blog represents and my self-consciousness about that is greater…

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I Had a Meltdown. . . and Then I Recovered. . . How’re You Doing?

First of all, here is the Mason Bee House in our condo-terrace “garden”. . . above, a photo from March 19th, and below, as it was yesterday afternoon.  Three of the tubes were completely empty…

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