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Tag Archives: clothing
Leather-clad, purple-haired, top-hatted teen
The large fourteen-year old is a creature of habit, or something like that. Three halloweens ago I bought him a long black leather jacket at a thrift store to top off his pirate costume. It’s a woman’s coat (don’t tell him), … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, Love, teens
Tagged belt buckles, clothing, family, leather, magic, shopping, small businesses, teenagers, top hats
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Top hats and hitchhikers
7:20 am, the phone rings and it’s Ivan. “Can you come get me? I missed the bus.” “Sure, I’ll be there in a bit, start walking.” Ivan slept at his Dad’s last night, just a mile down the street from … Continue reading
Posted in daily Life, Love, teens, Uncategorized
Tagged clothing, daily life, highschool, mothers and sons, parenting, school, teenagers, top hats, winter
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Front-row shoes and purple hair
My statistics teacher prefers that those of us who sit in the front row wear nice shoes. I sit in the front row. I’ve worn the same old pair of gray and white size 10 New Balance sneakers to class … Continue reading
Posted in college, daily Life, posts with photos, teens, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, clothing, hairdressing, puberty, shoes, socks, teenagers
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stuff
I’m a lousy housekeeper. Always have been. When I was a teenager my bedroom was always knee deep with an assortment of clothing, the bed was never made, the top of the bureau was littered with stuff. I’m not sure why I … Continue reading
I’m baaaaaack
Back from the weekend in Fort Bragg, Mendocino, and Ukiah. Back from the weekend of indulgence, courtesy of Marty. We ate and shopped and walked on the beach with the dogs. Then we ate some more and shopped some more and walked … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Mendocino, thrift shop finds, Uncategorized
Tagged clothing, coastal gardens, socks, travel, weekend get-a-ways
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