I’m off to Omaha this weekend to celebrate my nieces’ high school graduation. 💚👩🎓👩🎓💚 Thinking about this major milestone in their lives drew me to my box of memories where I keep old photos and trinkets, including a handful of old report cards from 8th grade! So, for this #tbthursday, I invite you to join …
Who watched Elizabeth Montgomery play Samantha Stephens on Bewitched? Anybody else watch reruns of that show even today? (I do! I do!) Oh, how I dreamed of being a witch when I was a kid! I mean, who wouldn’t want to be able to clean their house with a twitch of the nose? Plus, the …
I’ve been watching old America’s Got Talent clips on YouTube recently. It’s been a balm to my weary soul in these darker times. The earnestness of the people on stage who make themselves so vulnerable draws me in like a moth to a flame. It soothes something deep down inside and gives me a glimmer of …
One of those nasty cold bugs got hold of me a couple of weeks ago. It pummeled my body and left me to wither, whine, and cough up a lung for more than a week. I was in Phoenix at the time, there to spend time with family. The visit included my 95-year-old grandmother who …
When my friend Kelli was a little girl in the 1960s she told her mother she wanted to be a musician. Her mother pointed to the television set and asked, “Do you see any women in the orchestra? No? Women aren’t musicians. Women are secretaries.” About a decade later, Debbie Harry hit the music scene. …
Heroes come in so many forms. My outfit today reminds me of a hero I have admired my entire life. And, while the roles she played were fictional characters, those roles had a huge impact on my life. Plus, she was a real, flesh-and-blood human hero. Mary Tyler Moore was never the kind of hero …
In three days, Hubby and I will return to Seattle after just over a month in Arizona. Even though we love visiting family and friends here, I am itching to return to get back into my regular routine. While I wait, my impatience pushes me to create something anyway. That’s how my last post came …
Audrey Hepburn was, without a doubt, one of the most iconic fashionistas of the 20th Century. Even today, nearly 57 years after the premier of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, most of us can place the dress she wore in the movie, even if it’s shown on the back of a rainbow-colored zebra. Pretty much all of her movies …
Welcome to the final installment in our Fab Collab series about Summer Get-Away styles! On Monday I wrote about my love of getting away to the Straford Festival in Canada and how I never go without a scarf or two. On Tuesday, Jodie shared memories of her summer get-aways with friends. Yesterday Nancy also had stories …
Welcome to the third in our Fab Collab series about Summer Get-Away styles! On Monday I wrote about my love of getting away to the Straford Festival in Canada and how I never go without a scarf or two. Yesterday, Jodie shared memories of her summer get-aways with friends. Today it’s Nancy’s turn. Like Jodie, she …