Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and the official beginning of Lent. For me, Lent is like New Year’s, but better! The beginning of a period of mourning and preparation for something new. I’m always thinking cocoon, then butterfly. Like that Camilla Franks caftan Oprah bought (?) and sported – and that I have on as I’m [...]
by No-Nose-Musette First, I want to thank all of you who offered remedies, doctors, possible reasons, etc for my anosmic, tasteless self. I am still somewhat taste-free (okay! you in the back row! stop snickering!)….and smells are limited to what my soft palate can translate. I’ve mostly given up on chocolate for the time [...]
By Musette the Insensate I’m reading Diane Ackerman’s “The Zookeeper’s Wife”, a story based on the actions of Antonina and Jan Zabin’ski who managed to save over 300 otherwise doomed people during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Reading Diane Ackerman always heightens my senses – she writes like I think, with little bits and pieces [...]
Whew! 2011 is nearly over and I still don’t have my Escape limo and I have NO idea where Woody Harrelson is right now. Better hustle!!! But – we still have a few days so let’s take a look back at the best/worst/most intriguing of 2011. Most of this will be perfume, as it is [...]
by the Stuffed-to-the-Gills Musette So…the frenzy of Christmas (in the US) is done. Whew! Ours was very quiet, which was great. I have spent way too many years stressing myself into a spasm over the Perfection of the Presentation. One holiday I took a look at it and realized that [...]