When I got back on Friday the 12th from about a week and half away from home, Lucy greeted me in typical fashion, like she was still a puppy, jumping up and being very excited. But that eveni...
In the 17 years that I’ve been blogging, never have I ever posted so little. Only one post so far in 2023. There were times this year when I felt like I really needed to get over here and write...
As part of our decorating plans, John and I had decided to go a little dramatic in the dining room with the wall color. With the exception of my library and our butler’s pantry, the whole house...
The reason we hired someone to help us to decorate our house was that it had been six years since our renovation and we hadn’t really made much progress filling in gaps and doing things like re...
Who hasn’t woken up and said “I think I’m going to buy a diorama today”? When I was out running around antiquing I saw this odd diorama from the 1960s or 1970s and decided I needed it. I ...
During the orange guy’s administration I really retreated into older fiction. Although I have long leaned that direction, his anxiety-inducing tenure had me craving fiction that existed before ...
I discovered in 2022 that travel didn’t interest me much. I was in Europe three times, went to different US cities, etc., but being with friends was the only thing that made it worthwhile. I di...
https://hogglestock.com/2023/12/31/travel-happened-and-didnt/
I used to love to cook. Not so much since John died. I’ve gone through various food preparation stages since then, but low grade depression keeps me from finding my level as it relates to putti...
There is no getting around it. After over a year and half, grief is something that is with me pretty much every hour. The intensity of it varies and shifts, and joy and contentment are still poss...
This is the third year I have populated a database with subscription season concert information for North American orchestras. The original (and ongoing) purpose is primarily to see what repertoi...
https://hogglestock.com/2023/07/16/23-24-season-post-i-women-conductors/