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Ageless Style 05.2025: BNW

Fashionista friends, welcome to Ageless Style 05.2025:  BNW.  Today’s prompt comes to us from Marsha at Marsha in the Middle.  I have never been a big fan of wearing black but since my hair has gone salt and pepper, I find that black is a better color for me.  Still don’t reach for it often, […]

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Where Bloggers Live 05.2025: In the Bag

Morning glories, welcome to today’s post, Where Bloggers Live 05.2025:  In the Bag.  Funny, I have done a lesson when substitute teaching where I shared everything in my purse (bag) with the students and they made inferences about my life and me from those items. It is designed to teach inferencing. If you are interested, […]

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Ageless Style 04.2025: Graphic Tees, Please

Fashionista friends, welcome to Ageless Style 04.2025:  Graphic Tees, Please.  Today’s prompt comes to us from me, myself and I.  Graphic tees are a staple in my closet and I thought seeing how others style theirs might give me some news ways to wear mine. But before we jump in here, just a reminder:  Once […]

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Tell Us About 04.2025: Seasonal Changes

Happy Thursday, friends!!  Thank you for joining me for this month’s edition of Tell Us About 04.2025.   Going forward, we will be coming to you a week earlier for this series so that several of us won’t be publishing 2 posts on the same day.  Turns out the 3rd Thursday of each month was a […]

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Sentence a Day 03.2025

Good morning, good evening, good night, my friends.  Thanks for joining me for Sentence a Day 03.2025 – a long-winded review of March, and the first month of spring, coming to you in one run-on sentence a day.  My former English teachers would be mortified with my liberal use of the semicolon and colon!! Before […]

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Ageless Style 03.2025: Faux Fur and Marshmallow Fluff

Fashionista friends, welcome to Ageless Style 03.2025:  Faux Fur and Marshmallow Fluff.  Today’s prompt comes to us from Jodie at Jodie’s Touch of Style who suggested we style something fluffy.  As we bid adieu to winter, I am glad to wear a little fur and fluff one last time.  If you missed it, you can […]

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