Author: Musette

  May Your Days Be Merry and Bright!                                                                  Happy Holidays from The Perfume Posse and a Christmas Letter from Musette:   It’s a balmy 14F here, with a nice 1/4″ of solid ice over all the packed-down snow. … Continue Reading →

I read a review of a Jessye Norman performance  I’d attended at Chicago’s Symphony Center – in it the reviewer talked more about the audience than Miss Norman, saying she could’ve sung the Yellow Pages and we would’ve given her… Continue Reading →

  ‘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… Continue Reading →

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,… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →

  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… Continue Reading →

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… Continue Reading →