“Women who shop by telephone do not know what the pleasures of buying are.” The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen. It is true that people who shop by telephone or as it stands now, by internet miss the communication that shopping in person allows. When buying fabric one touches and feels [...]
Two of O Henry’s Beloved Short Stories
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Book Review: Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
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Book Review: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
September 26, 2012 by · 2 Comments
A Little Princess: Book cover Frances Hodgson Burnett Refuse to allow the hardships of life to stop you from the joys it holds. In this charming story, through the character of the heroine, we find grace, kindness and generosity in the face of ugliness and cruelty. With simplicity and succinct clarity Burnett wrote, drawing the [...]
On My Walks What I See
September 15, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Summer days in Hawaii have harsh sun but evenings are heavenly sent. After changing my routine from day person to night owl, I have reveled in my discoveries and enjoyment of the island. Nighttime walks are the best. Quiet, cool and yet warm Trade Winds never disappoint. Here I share with you some of the [...]
Limoges and Sevres are my Passion
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Left Handedness Is From the Devil
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Hawaii Orchids of my Mind
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Sunset in Bolinas.
May 1, 2012 by · 2 Comments
“Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you’re here and nothing you do will change that. Today you are alive and here and honored and blessed with good fortune. Look at this sunset, it’s beautiful, eh? This sunset exists. Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now. Please look. It [...]
It was the same in 1919 as it is now.
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“But a thought that has often occurred to me in selling rare editions may interest you. The customer’s willingness to part with his money is usually in inverse ration to the permanent benefit he expects to derive from what he purchases….. Folks will pay a darned sight more to be amused than to be exalted. [...]
