Sad Beauty and a Paris Preview

 Pater found this sweet little bird, claws tightly clenched around a twig which had obviously not provided enough security from a spring storm.  Sad, but we nonetheless took the opportunity to look closely at the…

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Jeans and Blazer, Again?

 What? It Works! Yes, it’s a repetition, or rather a variation on a theme. I think this could really work for me in retirement. I’m loving these new Levis, the revised 501s, these ones in…

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Last and First, Past and Present

In my last post, I remarked, yet again, how life throwsthe sad and the beautifulat us simultaneously, and leaves it to us to try to reconcile them. Currently, I find myself poised between two other…

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And Paris Also Cures the February Blues . . .

 Although my mood did lift yesterday (and I have to say I ended up facilitating two very good classes!), it’s still grey and wet here, and I have to go to a meeting late afternoon…

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The Power of Ink

Paris has been so much part of my life over the course of this blog, and it means so much to me, that I need to register my heartbreak at today’s events there. I took…

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