Archive for the ‘Style’ Category
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Red. Finally.
14 Dec 2011I love red, but my mother almost never let me wear it as a kid. It wasn’t considered flattering back…
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Incorrigible cell phone abusers and the four rules they break
01 Dec 2011Remember the days without cell phones? People knew how to behave with a phone. No judgment needed. Those days are…
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Garments of Power
08 Nov 2011What bothered church leaders about Joan of Arc wasn’t just the fact that she expressed a direct and individual relationship…
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An Italian Christmas and a Frilly Vintage Hankie
03 Nov 2011My best holiday memories were the Christmases we shared with my Dad’s sister and her Italian husband in St. Louis.…
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Breaking rules and naming names: America’s Most Glamourous Librarian
12 Aug 2011Imagine my middle-child-follow-the-rules-do-nothing-to-attract-attention shock when I discovered that I am an accidental outlaw. I was sitting in a session at…
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Slow Clothes: Week 2
23 Jul 2011This vintage cotton kimono was all wadded up and looked like nothing when I discovered it in the bottom of…
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We’re starting a Slow Clothes Movement
22 Jul 2011You’ve heard of Slow Food. It’s a grassroots movement that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community…
