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Beauty & Aging
I turned 60 on Sunday. I AM grateful for my years and my health – especially since I have two daughters who cannot move...
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Essentials and encouragements from an ex-fashion editor
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The Maxi Dress
The saying is "you can run, but you can't hide" — but it's kind of the opposite with a maxi dress. You can't run,...
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Ode to Italy
I am chronically last-minute. This was a Myers-Briggs test nugget of truth – as an ENFP I can often work best ONLY under pressure...
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The Packing Groove
It really feels like "going somewhere" is in the air. Personally I have loved the year-long pause on travel… I didn't realize how frenetic...
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The Short-Sleeved Striped Tee
When we first moved down here, people from my past (mostly in the north) would ask how I was dealing with the heat, "Hotlanta"...
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The Nightdress
One of the favorite movies in our house, at least with the women, is The Virgin Suicides. It is sweet, moody, sad, poignant… and there...
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The Mother's Day Peanuts
Recently I have developed a not-so-great habit of snacking on chocolate-covered peanuts in the office. We have sold Hubs Virginia Peanuts for a few years now and the...
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The Pareo
I never go on a summer trip without a pareo, even if I am not headed to the beach. They scream warm weather – vacation,...
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The Joy Mule
My first pair of mules were made of plastic. They were miniature in size, made for a little girl, and would have been purchased...