The September issue of Vogue magazine is traditionally a really big deal. It’s so prized, so anticipated, so revered that in 2009 an entire documentary film was created specifically in its honour called, what else,…
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Linda Grant gives us permission to love fashion and helps us understand its value
Ten years ago Linda Grant wrote a book called The Thoughtful Dresser, The Art of Adornment, the Pleasures of Shopping, and Why Clothes Matter, which gives us permission to enjoy being fashionable without being burdened by…
It’s the time of year to fatten up and protect our nuts
This is the busy season for our three-and-a-half-pound Yorkie. Yorkshire Terriers were originally bred to hunt and kill rats in the coal mines in Yorkshire, England and those hunting instincts are buried deep in her…
Shopping just isn’t fun anymore
Travel restrictions due to COVID-19 means many retired baby boomers will not be able to head to warm, sunny destinations this year to escape our shitty Canadian winters. I’m one of them. So, for the…
COVID-19 pandemic reaffirms the lessons of our parents, if only we’d listened.
The baby boomer generation grew up in times of prosperity and economic growth. We often reflect on how different our childhood was from what young people are experiencing today in terms of materialism and lifestyle….
Caroline Adderson’s A Russian Sister is entertaining, engaging and well-written
You don’t have to be a fan of Russian literature (which I am) to enjoy A Russian Sister by Caroline Adderson. It’s a novel of historical fiction written with Anton Chekov’s sister as the main character….