Summer Reading

Well, I am writing this the Wednesday before the holiday, since I am sure I will be too lazy to actually do it on the day and will have two days worth of work to return to on Tuesday. Well,… Continue Reading →

Memorial Day

Well, this weekend is Memorial Day here in the old USofA. According to Wikipedia Memorial Day “is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States.”… Continue Reading →

Playing House

Friends! How about that eclipse?!  Did you watch it, in person or on the TV? I did both. It was only a partial one here and it was overcast, but — hey — the sun’s so bright I could see… Continue Reading →

Moving On, Too, and Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Media Cologne Forte

Well I am not moving on in the way that March is- I am not moving houses. I will state however that just reading about that gave me the fantods- I have piles and piles of stuff- books, DVDs, Tchotchkes,… Continue Reading →

Moving On

Hello, friends – as you read this I’m in the process of moving. The property was sold and things were up in the air; I was told I had to move, then that I could stay, then — nope! —… Continue Reading →

Unobtanium: Guerlain Sous le Vent

The discussion the last week about what to wear to court (I wore Derby, an also discontinued Guerlain that a commenter wrote might be reissued) made mention of Sous le Vent, which was a reissue I purchased at the same… Continue Reading →

What to wear: Courting Guerlain Derby

Earlier this year I asked what one would wear while on Jury Duty. Well this week I am not exactly on Jury Duty but I do have to act as semi-defendant at a hearing (more like an intervention, really) between… Continue Reading →