1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 — Playing Catch-Up Here with a Grab-Bag of Books for you

I’ve been reading, yes, but I’ve also been packing and trying to get the house organized to leave it for almost two months and visiting the kids before we leave and meeting with the housesitter…

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Travel and Independence and Getting On. . . The Anniversary Edition . . .

I have to admit that I’ve written and rewritten this post, deleted it and begun it again. I’ve wondered if there is really anything significant here or whether I’d be better off just dropping the…

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Travel and Independence and Getting On, Part 2…

I’m beginning this second post about Travel and Independence very aware of how much ground I have to cover. The conversation that’s already emerging in the wake of my first post on the topicsuggests so…

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Started my Packing with this Dress

Back to the Short ‘n’ Sweet after Tuesday’s long post(if you haven’t read it, I think it’s worth scanning at least for the conversation evolving in the comments. I love the privilege of curating these…

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Travel and independence and Getting On….Part 1

That screenshot, above, of the GoogleMap directions my sister and I followed this past May from our hotel on the Île St. Louis to Père Lachaise Cemetery is, itself, something of a guide to where…

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