Random Sunday: The Porch

Today we´re cleaning off the porch. It seemed like the right time – June the first, and the first real day I´ve felt like it was warm enough to want to go sit out there and read. Any of you… Continue Reading

Hey, Bonjour!

There is something almost soul stealing about long flights. You start the trip so excited… then the excitement gives way to zombie-like lack of sleep and exhaustion from changing planes, schlepping luggage, never drinking enough fluids, meandering around soulless airports, seeing… Continue Reading

Manly Scent Sampler Pack

My brother has presented me with a challenge, so I, of course, turn to all of you to see what I’ve done so far and to see if you have suggestions or additions. Tom opened up a bar and grill… Continue Reading

Where is March? Or We are Family ( actually, it’s HIS family)

Before I put in this post of March’s, I don’t have that good of an excuse, except real job demands are interfering, but should be abating tomorrow, and I hope to get something written then. From March: We are in… Continue Reading

I Feel Pretty, Oh, So Pretty!

Mood, emotion and scent are closely related for me and are how I evaluate a new perfume – what I call smell memory. While I can sometimes find some of the notes in a composition and generally describe what it… Continue Reading

When Your Children Leave

children grow up

All through your life, your children open and shut doors.  Each door they come back through, your children grow up a little bit more. I can remember when I was a new mom, my life was full of babies and… Continue Reading