June 2011 - Privilege

Gardening

How To Get Past Your Fear Of Roses

High WASPs are quite fond of roses. All that Anglo-identification, as it were. That said, we’re fairly specific in our preferences. On the one hand,

June 30, 2011 31 Comments

Literature & the Arts

Professor C. continues his seminar series, in this case with E.M. Forster, and “A Passage to India.” The work has particular meaning here, in light

June 28, 2011 21 Comments

Today I’m over at Rock The Silver, with an update on going gray. Since I know that this topic elicits strong feelings, let me say

June 27, 2011 25 Comments

Every now and again, you know that one kid is having fun visiting a friend who’s about to get married, and the other kid is

June 25, 2011 22 Comments

India

An ongoing and occasional series on a 3-month trip I took to India in 1982. I was 25, and traveled by train across the country

June 23, 2011 49 Comments

Today I am over at Blueprint 4 Style. I met Monica Barnett at the Lavish! Conference, and have been wanting to work with her ever

June 21, 2011 7 Comments

Style

The sun has finally begun to shine in Northern California, and we need sunglasses. The Grande Dame can’t get this pair out of her mind.

June 20, 2011 50 Comments

Professor C. will return to Privilege with a piece on Forster’s “A Passage to India,” the last week in June. The movie is here and

June 19, 2011 8 Comments

It was a relief to finally get my drains fixed. The water first started to run slowly on a Thursday, nothing at all was working

June 18, 2011 30 Comments

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