Back To The Clanging Of Weights, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:37am
I’ve started going to a gym again for the first time in 15 years. It’s crowded, prone to broken equipment, cheap, with really nice staff.
May 4, 2024
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Style
How Long Has It Been Since You Thought About Paisley, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:26am
The only piece of clothing I’m craving at the moment is a brand-new, no pilling, no fading, no sunscreen-bleaching-at-the-neck patterned t-shirt. Most recently in this
April 27, 2024
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Literature & the Arts
An Exhibition At Milan Design Week, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:10am
WORK. This is the work of my son, in fact. This is a photo of Jonathan Anderson, of Loewe, J.W. Anderson and many other inspirations
April 20, 2024
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Raptures
The Relief, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:57am
It was a relief to discover that my small and particular anxieties are not the center of the universe. Which is to say on Sunday
April 13, 2024
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Gardening
Front Garden Flowers, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:48am
My front garden has always been a white-ish garden, ruled by the rose bed. Very polite; non-revelatory. Somehow, that’s changing. The roses are still here
April 6, 2024
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Is Positivity What We Want While Aging, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:28am
This morning, another thought about aging.. How many of you follow The Gerontologist on Instagram? Recommended. A mix of videos of undaunted elders living with
March 30, 2024
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Travel
What Are Your Travel Plans This Year, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:53am
I know it’s only just Spring, but here in Northern California this season slips to summer like a silk veil disappearing around a corner. Which
March 23, 2024
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Makeup & Skincare
A Use Case And Review For Jones Road Miracle Balm, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:08am
Older women. We consider time! We come to terms with our face in the mirror! We paint it! In the comments to the post about
March 16, 2024
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Uncategorized
On The Enormous Delight Of Finishing A Novel, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:40am
One morning this week, it might have been Wednesday at 10:30, or maybe 10:37, I closed my computer, took it off my lap, lay it
March 9, 2024
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Travel
The Road Back, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:12am
In 2015, 2017 (which for some reason I can’t remember I didn’t recap here), and 2018, my husband, my kids spent a few nights at
March 2, 2024
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Style
Cleaning Up Okay, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:41am
May I present dressing for for dinner last Sunday night. (Also a background photoshopped to remove mess. You’re welcome.) I wore the never-fail Dries van
February 24, 2024
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Makeup & Skincare
You Don’t Have To Care About Eyebrows But If You Do, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:17am
I have ignored eyebrows for decades. “Face-framing,” I’d say, “What the heck, what do we need to frame, per se?” Made it through the 90s
February 17, 2024
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