London, China, Art, and Visibility

 I was going to post a What I Wore photo taken by Pater in the garden yesterday, but then I clicked on That’s Not My Age’s post for today. TNMA has declared her own Ai…

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Paris Couture . . . and some Pondering . . . .

Clear evidence, from Grès’s 1986-7 collection, that  her techniques are amenable to a very contemporary look  I’m doing some blog-thinking right now, trying to decide how to reconcile the copious material I still have to…

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Sunshine, Lilacs, Birthday Honours

 Finally, finally, yesterday the sun came out and shone for the entire day. My birthday. I could not have been more honoured. Well, except for how honoured I felt at the family dinner Sunday night,…

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Quiet spots in London . . . Dead quiet, some of them . . .

While you can sometimes find a quiet spot in a museum or art gallery, as I have, in the photo above, in London’s fabulous and free National Portrait Gallery, Pater and I have found a…

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A Busy Weekend — Lieder and Ringtones and Cake, oh my!

I’ve written before about our very good fortune in having, on our island, a small core of musicians and of music-lovers who regularly organize house concerts. These have ranged from jazz to folk to classical,…

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