Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Movies, Photography, Relationships, Truth & Rumors • Tags: aging gracefully, aging naturally, beauty in age, beauty standard, CecilBeaton, GretaGarbo, happy, Hollywood, middle-aged, photography, relaxed
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Dearest friends… All the visa paperwork for a certain young man has come through and he’s on schedule for departure this Wednesday for four years of study overseas: I couldn’t be happier or prouder. Here at Beguiling we are over and out through the weekend. Keep your wings level my angels, and we’ll see you soon.
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The interwebs, like the world which they mirror, can be a vast daunting place. There are a lot of strange things out there as well as very strange people (of which, I may be one) and it can be quite scary. But then you discover places that are purely wonderful, and in those places are a few people that are even *more* wonderful. I and Ms. Vickie Lester would like to take the time today to garland one of those […]
Categories: Art, Blogging, Books, Culture, Design, Film, Friendship, Gardening, History, Hollywood, Life, Literature, London, Los Angeles, Memoir, Parenting, Photography, Relationships, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: A Gripping Life, beloved, best wishes, birthday, bouquet, bright future, Charles Dickens, friendship, garland, George Kaplan, Great Expectations, happy, Lisa, love, That was a memorable day to me
Some combo…happy and desolate. A certain young man is in Europe, poised for a two day exam that will set the course for his next four years. Exciting, wonderful, challenging. Here at home it is very quiet, very still. None of that distinctive loping footfall that denotes an impatience with time and space. No rattling of cabinets and dishes and the bank vault thud of the refrigerator door at odd hours in the dark. No, “Hey, look at this! That […]
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It’s done – the final pics: – – –
Categories: Architecture, Cooking, Culture, Design, DIY, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: 1953 wedgewood range, diy, happy, home, kitchen, pendant lights, period, remodel, restoration, upgrade
