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The Enchanted Forest: A Modern Fable

Remember the enchanted forest from Watkins Glen? The dew on the grass and the morning mist? Twittering bluebirds and frolicking chipmunks? Uhm. It was really more of a dry gravel basin. But…we tried to make the best of it…and found some pretty light and some framing leaves. Sometimes you have to be
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Week in Review: Week 235

Warning: so many pictures MONDAY Got up early early to shoot in The Enchanted Forest. Not as enchanted as I had been led to believe, but whatever. Had breakfast in the lodge then packed up and headed to the day’s main event, Watkins Glen. For years I have heard of Watkins Glen,
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AGELESS STYLE: Dressing For Your Body Type

Welcome to this month’s Ageless Style linkup where each month, ten women share their sense of style.  This month Jennie of A Pocketful of Polka Dots selected the theme: Dressing For Your Body Type. If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know that, to me, “dressing for your
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This Is What 60 Looks Like

Today, September 5, 2020, I turn 60. SIXTY. Since probably my 30s, every time I was approaching a big decade marker (40, 50) I thought, “I want to be the best I’ve ever been by the time I turn ___.” And then I always felt like a failure when I hit that
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What I Bought in August

I feel like I couldn’t have bought that much in August, considering it was 5 minutes long, but… WHAT I KEPT AMAZON BASICS 2-PACK 6′ LIGHTNING IPHONE CHARGING CABLES If you’re not going name brand (eg, Apple), then Amazon Basics have been a good substitute for me in the past. Anyway, my charging
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Week in Review: Week 234

Funny story (well, not that funny), I did find Journal #2 the other day, and in skimming through it looking for the dates I wanted to confirm, I noticed several references to “week in review.” Clearly my entire life has been building up to this blog. Also, isn’t interesting how your memory can SO
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Workday Wardrobe ~ August 24-28

MONDAY Work from home day. Muggy. Lots of time spent on calls/zooms. Needed stress-free dressing. Those other dresses might look like nightgowns, but this dress feels like one. That was much appreciated today. And shoes that feel like slippers. Daywear that comes as close as possible to sleepwear without actually being sleepwear, is totally my jam
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Has Living Through Coronavirus Affected Your Style?

And I don’t just mean, did you only wear leggings or pajamas during lockdown? I mean, as you start interacting with the world again – do you feel the same about your clothing and style as you did before? Are you noticing any changes? This (surreal) time felt almost like a palette
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Week in Review: Week 233 aka The Most Pointless Blog Post Ever

MONDAY Back story: my camera lens cap has been missing for ages. It’s USUALLY missing, to be honest…with just brief moments of being found and put on the lens before it is lost again. Anyway, I shot video and pictures for Wednesday’s blog post and IGTV…and when I was editing the pictures
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Workday Wardrobe ~ August 17-24

monday I don’t really know why I don’t like this shirt more. No, that’s not right. I LIKE it. I just don’t CHOOSE it. I like the color, I like the fit. I hate the sleeves. They’re a cap sleeve. I have no problem with No Sleeve. I have no problem with
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The Simplicity of Summer Dressing: For Better or Worse

Summer dressing is pretty simple. In the case of a dress, it can easily be one and done. If you’re someone who is cold even in summer or who spends time in highly air-conditioned spaces, there might be a cardigan. If you’re a belter, there’s that. But for myself, who is neither,
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Throwback Thursday: Well, THIS happened

This is a repost from three years ago this month…I’m not sure if this seems like yesterday…or a lifetime ago…but this still seems like the most traumatic part of having cancer to me. I just felt that that was Not My Time, so I was really not concerned about dying. But having
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Style Session: All Tied Up

I’m not generally much of one for trends. I have to really like something on its own merit, beyond just “it’s new/different/what everyone is wearing.” One “trend/style” I have been liking is the “shirts tied over dresses” look. I like it for two reasons: 1. It extends the season for warm-weather dresses
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Week in Review: Week 232

monday Picture of the day (that I didn’t take). Imagine, if you will…driving on a narrow, winding, hilly road…and you come around a curve and there’s an uphill driveway on your left, the base of which is bordered on the side by about a 2′ stone wall…and in front of the wall
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Workday Wardrobe ~ August 10-14

Okay, seriously, How Is It August 15??? Monday I’m getting so bored with my own wardrobe. It’s too hot to layer or do anything interesting. And there’s just no hope for my hair this time of year. And as long as I’m in complaining mode, why isn’t the pattern on this dress centered
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Where Bloggers Live…And Vacation

  Welcome to the monthly edition of Where Bloggers Live. It’s kind of like HGTV’s “Celebrities at Home,” but…Bloggers! Who doesn’t like to peek behind the scenes and see inside people’s homes? Every month a group of seven bloggers share their workspaces, homes, towns, and more! This month’s theme is VACATION!!! Make sure
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Looking Cool to Feel Cool (and other stuff)

This post is actually a mash-up of a couple different topics. Bear with me. Dressing in crisp colors to look cool Do I look cool? You be the judge. Do I feel cool?? Rarely. But do blue and white look crisp and cool?? YES. I think blue and white is “crisp” personified.
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Week in Review: Week 231

A short week cuz last week finished up on Monday. TUESDAY Tropical Storm Isiasi (I never get this right) caught us by surprise a bit. It was earlier than expected and never really lost strength as it moved north. Usually, we end up not getting much of anything from the storms and
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Workday Wardrobe ~ August 3-7

MONDAY Worked in office. Not so hot today so I took a chance on a slightly more fitted dress. Dress: Old Junarose, size 24 Sneakers: Keds Champions, canvas, with… Inserts: Vionic TUESDAY Worked from home in my nightgown all day, just threw this on to run outside and move my car to
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HOW TO VOTE…

…because Vote You Must. I am not here telling anyone WHO to vote for. But in case there’s anyone else out there like me, who lived under a rock for 99.9% of her life, saying “this doesn’t affect me,” here’s HOW to vote. And why. I never used to think who the
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