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I have explained previously that High WASP families are a little odd about their houses. For all our focus on aesthetics, and our well-demonstrated love
January 22, 2013
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How I Learned Not To Drink More Than I Should, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:57am
I want to give you a gift. Let me tell you what I have learned about reducing alcohol consumption to medically recommended levels. A personal
January 19, 2013
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Interesting brands
Do You Want To Sleep In Cartoons?
It’s January. It’s cold all over America. We need to snuggle up. And I’ve got one question for you. Why are so many flannel pyjamas
January 15, 2013
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Raptures/Analysis
Go Flickr! Go Smart!, Or, Saturday Mornings at 10:32am
I take few absolute moral stands. Issues get complicated three sentences into a conversation. There’s almost always a second valuable perspective to include. Even a
January 12, 2013
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Mom's house
Reader’s Choice: “New England High WASP, Meets Swedish Empire, Meets Santa Barbara Semi-Tropics”
Susan wrote me to suggest this post from the archives. Thank you Susan. It’s my mother’s house, in Santa Barbara. You will read references to
January 10, 2013
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Style
If You Give A Person A New Bag, She’s Probably Going To Need A Hairbrush
We all have watershed moments in which we realize long-held significant relationships serve us no longer. I’m talking about purses, or, as they say now,
January 8, 2013
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The Hospitality Of Naiads, Or Saturday Morning at 11:04am
Has the New Year started with a rush for any of you? Time off work is always sweet but difficult. So wonderful to take yourself
January 5, 2013
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A Nod To Miss Whistle: 10 Wishes For 2013
Today I’d like to send you over to a friend. Miss Whistle gives us 10 Wishes for 2013 I’ll be back to regular posting soon.
January 3, 2013
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Fierce at 50
The Question Of Dressing For Men, After 50
It’s New Year’s Eve in the Cultural West. What, then, to wear? Let’s first wave to the Lunar New Year, and to Rosh Hashanah. Hello
December 31, 2012
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Christmas, 2012
Dove via tommylees, on Flickr, holly leaves via Clkr.com. On Dancer, on Prancer, we’re just going to take a little nap here on a fence.
December 25, 2012
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Motherhood
Colored Lights, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:11am
This year I’ve got an artificial tree, covered in colored lights and rainbow balls. Not my tradition; Significant Other’s. I got the tree at Walgreen’s,
December 22, 2012
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