Vanille des Rois by FOMOWA Paris

As I write this review, preparations are underway for our failing, hundred-year-old plumbing to be replaced. Fortunately, most of the work is happening under the house. Unfortunately, the sole access is a small trapdoor in the bottom of my bedroom… Continue Reading →

40 Days and Nights…

Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But, we finally got some significant rain. Now, that’s where we are: cooler, still sunny, but also rain intermittently. Intermittent is good because it means the soil absorbs the water rather than the… Continue Reading →

Tragedy by Marissa Zappas

This one is long overdue and going to be kind of brief. Some of you know that my “godchild” is a performer and actress on the Downtown NY Scene. She staged a show a while ago called “Tragedy” about life… Continue Reading →

Perfect Storm

Posse, my darlings!  It’s still Weather Talk because WEATHER!  My neck o’ the woods has been experiencing bucketing rain for the past two weeks, it’s so sodden that you can actually hear the ground squelching!  Nevertheless, the diehards are continuing… Continue Reading →

Apologies, but …

It’s cool, grey and still early in the morning. So far that doesn’t last into the day, though, with temps rising and the sun coming out later. Still, it’s so so pleasant and much easier to manage. We all take… Continue Reading →

Carded Samples Portia Sniffed August 2026

OK Posse! There have been dozens of carded samples on or around my desk for ages. Some of them may have been sitting here for years. Yes, that is the kind of messy MoFo you’re dealing with. Today I thought… Continue Reading →

Manicure

As of one minute after midnight this past Saturday we’re under a hosepipe ban here. Meaning: no using a hose to water the garden at all. A bowl in the shower to catch water. It’s so so ironic that at… Continue Reading →