Dressing for Comfort, with Bling! No Neutrals Here

Duchesse just posted some practical-yet-chic neutral dresses, and there’s no doubt a versatile background accomodates variety through accessories. The dress above clearly fails to exemplify such neutrality. Way too purple, for one thing, and then…

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A bit of down, a lot of Up, makin’ like Sisyphus but with way more joy

The weekend went fairly well — mom stayed on the waitlist so I didn’t drive her to chemo on Friday, nor did I get to take her wig-buying (in anticipation of the chemo’s predicted effects),…

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Down Days and Odd Dreams and Soldiering On

It turns out that mom now has to have chemo, followed by radiation, as the cancer has been a bit more aggressive/invasive than we’d hoped. However, she has good medical support and much support at…

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comfort wear in winter

We had a bit of sunshine on Saturday, but then quickly back to this grey bleakness. This freighter anchored just off our beach fits into the colour scheme with its brooding blue. Closer in, as…

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Blogging AND OTHER Obligations

I’m having to remind myself today that I believe in “Blogging Without Obligations,” but my personality makes that a challenge — I start feeling uncomfortable when I’ve gone more than three or four days, yet…

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