Despite the title, this post is more an elegiac nod to summer sights and outfits worn, photos garnered on walks through the sunny urban landscape. On the cusp of autumn, I’d love to share these with you and we can wave good-bye to this season together. . .
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Yes, it’s La Rentrée,Back to School days, etc., but despite the hype, it’s not Fall yet . . . and I want to observe and celebrate Summer right until the equinox. Summer OOTDs and summer walking, some simple everyday joys to share with you. Click through to join me?
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A musician’s memoir, a mystery in English (set in England); a mystery in Italian (set in Italy); a novel about women’s lives across the classes in India, and two wonderful debut novels set, respectively, in contemporary London and in Paris, France and Nablus Palestine during the first half of the 20th century. I hope you’ll find something to read among these titles, and perhaps add your own suggestions to the ensuing conversation.
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Another in my Walking, Wearing, Listening series, in which I talk about a podcast I listened to while walking in my neighbourhood . . . and I share photos of what I saw and what what I wore. This time, I’m summing up a podcast about a treasure hunt for the simple pleasures of summer. And I’m making a little list. Come join me? Click through to read more.
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I’ve been missing the remembered ease of Island summers past . . . feeling elegiac, melancholy, and very aware of time passing. At the same time, I’m wanting to make the most of the Summer I’m in right now, and set up some good practices or attitudes for future summers. After all, I’m not going to be 70 forever, right? Hah! Click through to read more — I’d love to know if any of my musings resonate with you. . . whatever your age.
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