Have you recovered from the madness of the holidays? I'm glad they're over. Now if only I could muster the motivation to take down the xmas tree...This morning, I finished reading Madame de Staël, by Francine du Plessix Gray. It was a wonderful little book about one of France's most charismatic Revolutionary figures, Germaine de Staël. Napoleon tried to exile her. But she always managed to slip back into Paris where she found new ways to torment the emperor, usually by writing books and pamphlets that mocked him. She hosted one of the most exclusive salons around, where intellectuals and artists met to discuss politics and culture. Think Arianna Huffington, but with petticoats.
Now I want to read every book I can find about her! Hope you're having a lovely day! I'm suddenly on deadline on a story..will be back shortly. Xmas tree will have to wait till tomorrow...xoxo
Hello my dears, I'm just returning from a long weekend with family outside Sacramento! I hope you had a lovely New Years. I'll resume blogging tomorrow, once I get my act together. xoxo
Well there's no sense in recapping all the rotten things that happened in 2009. I'm just glad to be looking at 2010...Thank you for reading my blog. You kept me going this year. Here's to a better year for everyone!!
PS: This lovely photo is by Persisting Stars.
Gold ballerina flats with gold grosgrain ribbons. (The rest of the outfit is over here!)
Happy New Year!!
PS: The photo above was taken with an iPhone and then polarized with the free desktop application, Polardroid! Can you tell the difference??!
The sorts of things I collect and can never part with no matter how useless they are.
My dears, I wanted to tell you that I'm guest blogging this week at Daydream Lily! Please come visit. I just posted a really sweet Vimeo film featuring Peppermint magazine covergirl Rhiannon of Liebemarlene Vintage (that's her in the photo above).
Let me know what you think of the film!
