Orange You Glad it’s Thanksgiving?

Well, I am glad and not just because of the four-day weekend (well not PRIMARILLY because of it. I do like getting four days off mind you. What I kind of don’t like are thanksgiving food. I don’t really like… Continue Reading

Orange You Glad?

It’s the run-up to Thanksgiving on Thursday here in the US and I am … taking it easy. Glad my days of hosting big family gatherings, with the attendant preparations and drama and exhaustion, are behind me. We’re making Peruvian… Continue Reading

Frederic Malle Le Parfum de Therese

It’s dark and damp and it was dark and freezing — alternating. Six and one half dozen of the other? My mother used to say that when she had no precise answer to a question and just wanted you to… Continue Reading

Life Can Be Overwhelming (Off Topic)

Hi there Posse Peeps. We are almost completely off topic today, just a little perfume at the end. Life Can Be Overwhelming. Just existing can sometimes feel like too much. In the last few weeks though I’ve seen how life… Continue Reading

A Weird Find

Posse!  I have A Weird Find for you (though I wouldn’t be surprised if many of you already know about it). So.  Y’all know I cook – a lot.  And I really enjoy cooking ‘ethnic’ dishes, particularly Asian-inspired foods.  So… Continue Reading

More Heretic

We’re decidedly in rainy season, though it started fairly late this year. The dog is moulting big time which means vacuuming once a day and sometimes spot checks with the hand vac. Another orthodontic appointment this week, so an excuse… Continue Reading

Jontue by Revlon

Hey hey Posse Peeps! I’m not sure exactly when Jontue came up in comments recently but there’s been a bottle around here for a while. I probably spritzed it a few times when it arrive and then boxed it away… Continue Reading