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  • Good help is hard to find. April 16,2025

    Tookie (my long-suffering mannequin and reluctant coworker) and I have been spending a lot of quality time together of late. She's been dres...
  • What a find!!! April 9th, 2025

    What a find! A wicker display form for a bustle skirt circa 1870's-1880's. Just imagine having to wiggle into and walk around in, one of these EVER...
  • A Winter Wonderland

    Yes, yes I realize no one wants to shovel it BUT can anyone deny the magic, the beauty, of waking up to the first snow. Soon the dread of shovellin...
  • It's all about standing by your convictions!

    Many years ago my friend Nancy and I were at a cosmetic counter at a fancy New York department store. She was eyeing a jar of expensive French crea...
  • The Charm of Small Town Shopping Posted Aug 14, 2024

    Recently I made a trip to “the city”. Halifax, the largest metropolitan area east of Montreal is always referred to as “the city” by those of us...
  • Lenny and Benny Posted Aug 2, 2024

    We all experience things differently. What may be a minor inconvenience to one could be catastrophic to another. Take these two plants outside the...
  • Round 3, 10 Queen Street Posted April 1, 2024

    ABOUT this time, four years ago I was waiting to take delivery of my first shipment of linen apparel from Lithuania. A lot had happened since th...
  • I'm your fan posted Oct 16,2023

    I’m a lucky girl. Last year my great friend Evie invited me to join her on a trip to Greece culminating on the Greek island of Hydra where Leon...
  • The holiday started out great...Posted October 8th, 2023

    A Memorable Day. On October 6th, I had just finished a lovely lunch on a beautiful day here in Athens when I received a message from my busin...
  • Meet my brand new niece! Posted Sept 21, 2023

  • My old friend Barbie Posted August 6, 2023

    My old pal “Barbie” is getting a lot of press these days. While I haven’t seen the movie I did watch Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie (Cr...
  • Its all about the hat! Posted July 18, 2023

      There is a small recessed nook in my home that never really got finished when I renovated five years ago. I installed lighting intending to inst...