Perfume Posse

  ‘back’.  heh. see what I did there?  back.  haw. Yeah, not funny at all.  My back.  Yikes!  Let me tell you, the only thing weirder than this ‘episode’ was the gratitude with which I received other people’s tales of their back afflictions.    Lying in bed for 8 days ….I The rest, please…

But I’m gonna tell you anyway, because I am …well, I just have to, okay?  So…I’d planned to do a really lovely, in-depth review of Liz Zorn’s/Soivohle Carpathian Oud.  I love the cologne – it’s dark and dank and resinous, but with a floral heart that lifts the whole thing The rest, please…

Here in the Midwest, Autumn is a snuggly time, with folks tidying up the outside and turning their focus inward in preparation for the LONG Slog Through Winter.  Once December rolls around, it’s unlikely the windows will open again until late March/early April.  The smells of Life collect and multiply The rest, please…

  Happy Birthday!!!! to the Fabulous Ann!!!  Mondays are made Ever So Much Brighter because of YOU!!!!    Sending you a virtual box ofand … but mostly, our Very Best Wishes for a wonderful start to your very own New Year!!!   xoxoxoxo

This is a Love Story.  This is a Life Story. My first DH never had a pet so he was mystified by my devotion to my Airedale, Big El.  And when an industry colleague of his died trying to get his dog off train tracks, he had some unsympathetic things The rest, please…

OMG, Posse!  You jes’ don’t KNOW! I’ve been fighting this allergy/jammed sinus thing for a few weeks  – almost had it gone…then it dropped 35 degrees in less than 24 hrs, it’s pouring with rain and I had to pop the heat on, which is never great for my sinuses.  The rest, please…

It’s that time of year again, when I begin to put the bulk of the garden to rest and reflect on what worked/what didn’t/what I would do again, etc.  It’s also the time where I start to reflect on my own life (gardening is such a metaphor for life as The rest, please…