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Friday fun
Hello all from Jenny, a short post again. London is scorching hot and people are out enjoying the sun, drinking and having loads of fun at all the cool outdoor festivals going on at the moment. Here... Continue reading »
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Cycle Chic
I love riding my bike. It’s not a dream bike, but it will do for now. I love the feel of sun and wind on my skin. I like to ride fast. I sometimes have the impression I am almost defying... Continue reading »
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Heartbreakers
I never quite know what book will start that tightness in my throat, the tension in my chest, the eyebrows rising and brow furrowing as moisture builds in the corner of my eyes. Nor do I know how... Continue reading »
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Telling tales
Sometimes the tale is so graphic that it needs no visual aids. Other times, pictures speak a thousand words. And sometimes, the picture is stunning and the story behind the picture is what takes it a... Continue reading »
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Colette asks a remarkable question: What obsesses a woman most — her mother or a man?
Jesse Kornbluth here, mostly of HeadButler.com, musing this week on the first 20th Century woman to become a brand — and she was a writer! Sir, You ask me to come and spend a week with you,... Continue reading »
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cadematos Colette is one of my most favorite female writers. I find her books beautifully written and absolutely honest - but I hardly ever find another who appreciates her novels. It was so great to read this, this morning! 3 days ago
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They do it with mirrors
Hello! It’s Naomi Bulger again, filling in for Tina on a Tuesday evening. Once upon a time, in an age before digital cameras or film or even those overhead projectors the teachers used in... Continue reading »
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What’s your favorite travel destination?
Hello, sweet English Muse readers.It seems like everyone is in a New York state of mind this week. My favorite travel destination is France. However, with the ever-increasing costs in air fare,... Continue reading »
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A Roving Culinary Adventure
I had the amazing luck to attend an Outstanding in the Field farm dinner on Friday night. It was only the third event of the season, the start of the North American tour that will take them across... Continue reading »
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Life and Love on the New York City!
Source: huffingtonpost.com via Gülfem on Pinterest Last week, an article proved me that assumptions usually are most likely to be wrong. I love Stanley Kubrick’s movies and I always have... Continue reading »
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New York, New York
Chapter 1. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion…no, make that: he – he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yes. To him, no matter what the season was, this was... Continue reading »
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Creating the perfect display.
Morning friends. How are you all today? I hope you had a wonderful week and that you feel rested and ready for the week. Today I have Vignettes on the brain, or table scapes as some like to call... Continue reading »
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On traveling and discoveries
Hello English Muse readers! Karen from A Simple Cup of Tea once again. This week I’m talking about traveling. I spent the entire week in Wroclaw, Poland. There’s nothing I love more than... Continue reading »
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Opening Ceremony fun
Dear readers, Jenny here again. I actually wanted to talk to you about something else this week but I will have to postpone that until next week because I don’t have the time at all and I would... Continue reading »
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CocoRosie
I first heard of CocoRosie in relation to Antony Hegarty. Sierra and Bianca Casady, two sisters separated in their childhood, reunited after many years in Paris, formed the band in 2003. Growing... Continue reading »
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Rare Perfumes
“He walks the flower-edged paths in the cool spring dawn and each blossom gives its own note to a symphony of scent and yet his thoughts are on his beloved and the way her rare perfumes turn... Continue reading »
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Beautiful Composed Nature
Hello my friends! Same ol’ Jess here- the only difference being that I am missing a good inch or two of hair since my last post. I have quite long hair, very straight, fine, brown (possibly... Continue reading »
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Hard Books
Some books are hard to write about. I began making my way through my to-read list last week, and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being was the first I checked off. I tried to... Continue reading »
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As you sow…
Hey, you guys. This is Dizzy Lizzie from Whims and Fancies writing to you about something very, very important. So listen up. This week, my boyfriend (a.k.a. husband) and I made significant... Continue reading »
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Krishna Das: ‘I feel like I’m the same jerk I always was, but I don’t think about myself as much as I used to.’
Jesse Kornbluth, of HeadButler.com, this week trying to graduate from the spiritual kindergarten, where he is still trying to grasp that he is not his body. I don’t lose books. I lost this one. A... Continue reading »
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A tally of two cities
Hello again friends, this is Naomi Bulger, guest blogging from Melbourne in Australia’s south. Around Easter when I was walking home from the post office, I just so happened to pop into my local... Continue reading »
