Back when we were talking about Jean Nate (and now I’ve gotta hunt up some retro JN cologne) March and several other of The Posse starting yarking about retro scents – not vintage haute couture but the scents that used… Continue Reading
Home. 8pm on a weeknight, as we head into September. It’s still light – but it’s a changeling light, hinting towards darker days to come and by 8:30 it’s solidly dark. I’ve taken The Girl for her postprandial walk and… Continue Reading
Last time I threatened to write about the Baby Shower Garden Party – and it has come and gone, so here’s the review of that: it was GREAT! I loved planning it – and making myself crazy worrying about it… Continue Reading
I’m not even going to pretend that I have a perfume review for you – it’s 900F in the shade AND I am prepping for a small Garden baby shower next weekend – 10 people who can maintain social distancing… Continue Reading
Funny how the weirdest things can cause one to change an opinion – especially an opinion about how one (okay – ‘me’ – enough of the ‘one’ stuff) exists in this wacky world. I’ve been struggling with an image of… Continue Reading
Claude Debussy is famously credited with saying ‘music is the space between the notes’ and, listening to a piece like ‘Clair de Lune’, one can certainly hear what he meant by that. Every note in that piece is crystalline, specifically… Continue Reading
I love me some words. And I love weird, arcane phrases* (these two interests often make me… um… unpopular [?] … amongst my less-wordy pals.) ‘Ginned up’ came to mind, when I was taking part in Arielle Shoshana’s Happy Hour… Continue Reading