Pillow Talk

     I've been trying to get back to my blog and have been surprised by how difficult it has been.  Random thoughts haven't developed into full posts, and I keep getting pulled away to deal with this or that. Blogging, it turns out, is harder than...

     The past few days I have been doing something I never would have done if I had stayed in the city. I have been splitting logs. It's very important to wear the proper safety goggles.       I am Woman, hear me roar! I...

     I have two beautiful, brilliant, fantastic daughters who are, thankfully, remarkably confident and happy teenagers (well, pre-teen in the younger daughter's case, not that you'd know it). We moved to Vermont from New York for the girls'...

       What fabric do you always, suddenly, want to wear this time of year? Anything velvet, although irridescent tafettas and red plaids are close contenders. (I have a thing for those red plaid pants that some of the dads would wear to Christmas Eve church.) Every...

     It's hunting season here in Vermont, deer hunting with rifles right now, I believe. Deer, moose, bear, and turkeys - they each have their own times and rules, plus there are different dates for bow and arrow hunting. More people than usual are all...

     My older daughter is gorgeous, and endearingly, kind of a geek. Last summer, instead of going off to soccer camp or hanging out at the lake or pool, she chose summer school, to brush up on Algebra II, and went to Robotics camp. I'm amazed how...

       I needed to waste a little time before picking up the daughters after dance class and was in a town with some shopping. This is fairly unusual here in Vermont, both the spare time and the presence of some conventional, mall-based, chain...

     Stockbridge, VT -- ShapeShiftas is pleased to announce the availablility of a very special, limited-edition Eye of the Hurricane Irene pillow. This handcrafted piece is made by Vermont artisans in our Green Mountain swirl-print cotton, with a...

     If you could indulge in just one rich-people's perk, a luxury without cost or bad karma, what would it be? For me, it would be a car and driver, hands down. A daily massage would be my second choice, although if I had a car and driver, I don't...

     It's not an oxymoron to call what we wear here in Vermont "fashion". All apparel can be in a sense called "fashion", and almost everywhere around the world, people wear clothes, so, fashion is everywhere! (This argument was used by a garmento...

      The other day I received this out-of-the-blue solicitation in my inbox -   Hand sewn by survivors of human trafficking... cosmetic and tote bags just in time for your summer vacations and trips to the pool or beach.     I...

      Yesterday, the Garden Goddess Suzanne gave me two beautiful heads of Napa cabbage that I bet would go for $10 each in Whole Foods. She claimed that she has so many she'd give them to her chickens unless I took them. I had to save them...