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A Mother’s Day Retrospective, Or, Saturday Morning at 7:51am | Privilege

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A Mother’s Day Retrospective, Or, Saturday Morning at 7:51am. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day in the USA. Anne Lamott says she hates Mother’s Day. Can’t say I agree with her. But there’s room for all kinds of opinions, and if I don’t like what I hear, I can close my laptop. Here’s what I do feel about Mother’s Day, or have, in years past. I went through my archives and found a few old posts. 2009: Saturday Morning at 9:56am, Or, Mother’s Day Parade. Yes, to both your thoughts;). I love the honesty in this post ...

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Brooks Brothers’ Friends & Family Sale, Now Until Tuesday | Privilege

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Brooks Brothers’ Friends & Family Sale, Now Until Tuesday. Publishing on a Sunday as is not the usual practice, because, stock is running low. Everyone knows Brooks Brothers makes classic clothing. Everyone may not know that the company occasionally offers their classic pieces in materials from luxury European fabric houses. Besides, Brooks waves a navy flag like no one else. Now that’s a book title. “The Days Of Those Shirts.”:). I have that shirt and I love it! Just the right about of different, I agree.

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Can I Wear Pants To A Somewhat Elegant Baby Shower? | Privilege

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Can I Wear Pants To A Somewhat Elegant Baby Shower? I don’t know how the rest of you midlifers feel, but I confess that when my children were big but not grown up, every passing pregnant woman surprised me. People are still procreating? Aren’t we done? Which means, among other things, baby showers. Yes and yes. But let’s look at the Use Case. Now think about baby shower logistics. They are peculiarly seated affairs. You sit at a table, or you sit on a sofa. You watch the mother-to-be open pre...Wear your...

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All The Days Of Your Pearls | Privilege

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All The Days Of Your Pearls. Did any of you watch soap operas? In the days before reality TV, YouTube, and Twitter/Facebook, they were the only way to indulge in daily, trivial, calming time spent on other people’s supposed problems. Remember the guy intoning, “All The Days Of Your Lives…”? Those are my pearls. Up above. Really more than necessary. I’d say I didn’t know how I got what seems to be so many, but I do. I know. Pearls are flexible like that. Above we see the pearls of middle adulthood. Th...

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Let Us Remember That Presents Can Be Awesome, Or, Saturday Morning at 7:57am | Privilege

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Let Us Remember That Presents Can Be Awesome, Or, Saturday Morning at 7:57am. My Aunt L., she of the recent 80th birthday. And head prefect of Sturdy Gal Academy, gives all her adult nieces and nephews Christmas presents. I will point out, there are a lot of us. Win had 4 daughters. My mother 3 daughters and 1 son. But every year Aunt L. wraps and delivers to everybody. This year I gave my aunt her present early. Yes, I do reciprocate. Like a suburban elf, I left the box at her doorstep. But ...I mean to...