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First Monday’s Month in Review – Rewind May

[source] Hi Dolls, I truly intended to get this post out yesterday but life came up.  In a good way.  I enjoyed breakfast with Lorena, my former library assistant, a forever friend.  It was a Bon voyage breakfast because she is leaving for Idaho tomorrow to begin a brand-new chapter of her life. Lorena first […]

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Rediscovering ME – A Challenge for LIFE, Part 3

Hey Dolls! First, before we get started with our girl talk, I want to give a big shout out to my handsome baby brother, Kevin.  He was my only male ‘follower’ until I coerced PC into subscribing to my blog tonight. My baby brother has always been in my corner, there to support me, help […]

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Style Imitating Art: Lunar New Year Inspiration

Hey Dolls! A few weeks ago, I stumbled across the blog of a fellow librarian, Jen, at Librarian for Life and Style.  She had written a post about style imitating art (SIA).  In the post, Jen featured an outfit or look based on a piece of art.  That day, Jen’s SIA inspiration was a silver […]

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