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Joanna Gaines is Back
Have you seen Joanna Gaines’s new TV series Magnolia Table? Like many of us I became besotted with Joanna…
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— Life —HAPPY HOLIDAYS DEAR FRIENDS
This year has taken many of us down the rabbit hole, and we are wondering when it will be…
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— Life —MY DIY HAIR & SOME PARAGRAPHS FROM MY MEMOIR
I don’t know about you, but I have been taking self-quarantine seriously: I get together with friends on Zoom,…
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— Life —COMFORT FOOD ISN’T ALWAYS EDIBLE
Dear Friends, I have often thought about writing you but after months of self-imposed Covid lockdown, followed by George…
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— Life —ENTERTAINING MYSELF DURING COVID LOCKDOWN
Other than a masked visit to Whole Foods during senior hour and the drive through at the pharmacy, my…
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— Life —HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGED?
Somehow all the trips I took last year, the wonderful people I met and the pretty pink tulle skirt…
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— Life —ADOPT A SURVIVORSHIP MENTALITY. YOU CAN DO THIS!
The other night I watched the classic 1959, film, The Diary of Anne Frank, the true story of seven…
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— Life —WELCOME TO WILLA’S GROVE
Laura Munson’s new book, Willa’s Grove, is much more than a novel. It’s a map, a template with the…
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— Life —A Passage From My Memoir and a Question for You
Like Alice in Wonderland I’ve slipped down the rabbit hole. Unlike Alice’s world where, “Cats and rabbits would reside in fancy little houses and be dressed in shoes and hats and trousers,” my world has been filled with “men in suits, driving four door sedans who emptied the contents of our garbage can into the trunk of their car.”
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— Life —TODAY COMES THIS WAY BUT ONCE
Not long ago I watched the film Rumor Has It with Kevin Costner and Jennifer Aniston. Aniston’s character was…
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— Life —GOODBYE FOR NOW
Dear Friends, This will be my last regular blog post for a while because I’m stepping away to work…
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— Life —EVERYTHING COUNTS
I was thinking about the 1975 song by Eric Carmen, “All By Myself,” where the refrain (over and over…
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— Life —CATARACT SURGERY MADE MY BUTT BIGGER
My friend, Pat, uses the term “elderly” when referring to the current state of our high school graduating class.…
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— Style —DAVID DANGLE, CEO, JOAN RIVERS WORLDWIDE
For those of you who shop QVC you probably already know David Dangle, CEO of Joan Rivers Worldwide. You…
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— Style —GROWNUP PARISIAN POLISH AND CLASSIC PREPPY
Darlings, if I were to compose a love letter to fall, my favorite season, I would write passionately about…
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— Relationships —RELIEF WHEN A SPOUSE DIES
Yesterday I called a friend whose husband died two months ago after years of numerous and serious medical problems.…
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— Life —GETTING PAST BREAST CANCER IS HARD WORK
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Incase the universe thought it might have slipped my mind that 15 years ago…
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— Essentials —SEPARATION ANXIETY
According to Webster’s Dictionary, separate is a verb. We separate our lights from darks when doing laundry, our refrigerated…
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— Life —OWN A PIECE OF ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S ESTATE
Over two hundred of Anthony Bourdain’s most cherished belongings are being sold this month—October 9-30, 2019—in an online auction…
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— Life —SERENA CRAWFORD A FASCINATING WOMAN
Serena Crawford is one of my favorite people because her curiosity and interests knows no bounds. I could tell…
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— Style —ROCK CONCERT READY
Darlings, I can hardly believe it’s been 46 years since I went to see Led Zeppelin at Madison Square…
