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When the Skies of November Turn Gloomy
What should one do when, in the words of the famous Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, "the skies of November turn gloomy?" How will you manage when the temperature drops, the rain lashes...
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Time Marches On and All That
You might know, if you read my last post, that I'm home in New Brunswick for the next while, visiting my Mum. As I sit in Mum's kitchen this morning pondering how to begin this post, I keep thinking of...
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Vintage Connections... Wearable and Otherwise
Hope you don't mind, my friends, but this is a "reprise" post. I'm still at Mum's and we've been busy with no time to blog. I missed the Ottawa Vintage Clothing Show this year because I was in...
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Teaching Empathy in the Age of Trolling and Scrolling
Still at Mum's this weekend. Just finished reading a book that partially dealt with a daughter helping an aging irascible father to cope with his altered state in life. Ha. Applicable, do you think?...
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The Long and Short of Personal Style
There's so much talk these days about the difference between fashion and style, personal style. How women needn't be slaves to the most recent trends, how we should dress to please ourselves, how style...
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A Little Bit of Canada This November Morning
So. Late the other night, replete with good food and good conversation, I drove home from my book club meeting. My headlights piercing the darkness, I watched for black ice created by snow blowing...
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The Accidental Shopper
This year, I accidentally shopped the Black Friday Sales. Really, I did. I'm usually anti-Black Friday; I've even written about it here on the blog. I abhor the whole frenzied shop until we (or the...
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New Tricks
Be honest. How do you feel about running a brush through your hair in the morning, maybe gathering it into a ponytail or stuffing in under a toque, then pulling on your clothes, and heading out into...
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Travel Without Breaking the Bank
When I was young, I always thought how wonderful it would be to travel to far away places. To hike mountains in another hemisphere, ride a camel, or sail around tropical islands. To walk the cobbled...
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Going Cold Turkey: Two Weeks Without Eye Make-up
It's highly ironic, I'd say, that just when I get my make-up professionally done, learn new tricks to help my aging skin look brighter, purchase a few new products and learn new ways to use the old...
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Over the Backyard Fence: Musings on Friendship.
When I was a kid, my sister used to laugh at how much my friend Debbie and I talked on the phone. She was right; we were always on the phone. Through elementary school, and most of high school, we...
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Merry Christmas, From Us
We've had some Christmas tree controversy in our house this year, folks. I've struggled trying to decide on a name for our tree. It's an adorable little tree, perfectly round, and sweetly shaped. I...
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Reflections on 2018... Wardrobe Wise.
The week between Christmas and New Years is a good time for reflection, don't you think? And for the past couple of years I've spent some time doing just that during this week of metaphorical treading...
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Meandering Into 2019
Are you bursting to begin the new year? To make it the best year ever, to make yourself and your life more fabulous than last year? Are you leaping into January with a brisk clapping of hands,...
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Ski ou Après Ski
Hubby and I will be heading out for a few days of skiing in a week or two. Maybe. Hopefully. Fingers and toes crossed. We're not making firm plans because, well, snow. Or the lack of snow, more like...
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Time for Change. And I'm Not Talking About My Hair.
You might already know this, but I think of my hair as a metaphor for my life. Seriously, I do. Let me explain.Back when I was a little kid, my mum struggled with my long, thick hair. She scraped it...
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Mystery Lovers Anonymous
Remember the good old days? When P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Reginald Hill, or Colin Dexter published a new mystery novel, and you'd rush to the book store to buy it, or put yourself on a very long list...
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Kindness, Civility, and a Little Respect
It's January. For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, that means winter. And for those of us who live in the north of the northern hemisphere, that means lots of darkness, and cold, and...
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Leather Pants Redux. Again and Again.
I have a small wardrobe. Made up of quality pieces I love, plus a few cheaper items which go so well with the quality pieces that I couldn't resist them. I regularly edit out what I know I'll not wear...
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Desperately Seeking Susan's Blog Identity
These past few days while many of you have been braving the elements to go to work, or play, or to run errands, wrapping yourself in fifteen layers of wool and fleece, and coaxing reluctant cars to...
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Snow Pant "Chic"
Unless you live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, you probably missed the snow pants controversy last week. And even if you live here, you might have missed it. I almost did. Seems that Shannon Proudfoot,...
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When Is It Time to Say Good-Bye to Your Clothes?
One of my style resolutions this year, well every year actually, is to wear what I own. And if I don't, to make the ultimate decision to get rid of what I'm not wearing. Even though I have a small...
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Follow the Money... Maybe
Sometimes the uber-glitzy, sunshiney, picture-perfect, I'm-ready-for-my-close-up world on the internet makes me want to retreat to a snow-covered cabin deep in the woods. I know I've said this before,...
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How Socks Solved My Winter Wardrobe Fatigue
I have been known on occasion to rant a little over fashion trends. And sometimes I've had to eat my words. Like the time in 2014 when I wrote that I would never, ever wear drawstring pants again. Then...
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When Winter Gets Nasty It's Time to Hunker Down
Winter has been pretty nasty around here lately, folks. Probably it's nasty where many of you are as well. Cold and icy, making walking treacherous. And then last night, a big dump of snow, very big,...
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