Slowing Down. . .

I had a great post planned for you for Friday—an email interview, accompanied by photos, with a member of our blogging community who is entering retirement with a dramatic move from California to Portugal. The…

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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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What a Busy Retiree Wears. . . A Few Recent Examples. . .

 Life continues to be surprisingly busy in ways I was often told about but never quite comprehended before retirement (which was almost five years ago now). Of course, so much of this busy-ness results from…

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Italian Lessons, Italian Style. . .

I’m coming out of a busy few days — house guest Thursday/Friday; rigorous gym workout Friday morning; our Italian class Saturday morning, extended through lunch these days for conversation in English and rudimentary Italian with…

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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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