Visible at the Opera

Some bad news and some good news recently: my favourite boutique here in Small Island City closed last month. The vivacious owner decided that she’d had enough fun during her ten years as shop owner…

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A Must-See Film

A few words about Pina if I can stop myself from gushing once I get started. This is a remarkably beautiful film — by Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) — that I’ve wanted to watch since…

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Looking at Ourselves . . .

Interesting the variety of conversations going on around the question of our looks as we confront them from various perspectives in middle age (I’m getting to the outer edges of “middle age” with my 60th…

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Reflections and Snapshots

 A regular feature of What I Wore post discussions, particularly among we Women of a Certain Age, is the discomfort we feel in taking, posing for, and posting photos of ourselves. Not only do we…

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I put my new shoes on — Thanks Mr. Nutini. . .

Do you know this song? Very cheerful and perfect for us shoe-lovers I thought of it the other morning as I pulled on my new Fluevog brogues (Encourage Connies, in case you want deets), bought with…

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