In the depths of winter, I usually miss sunshine, summer dresses, and sandals. This year, I can add friends and socializing to this list. I have made a conscious effort through these social dista...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2021/01/28/i-miss-my-friends/
2020 was not kind on my reading. I remember when confinement began in March, I thought, “this will give me so much more time to read, it will be amazing.” Not so. My brain was so overwhelmed ...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2021/01/20/my-2020-reading-list/
At the end of every year, as I start to think about my New Year’s goals, I start by choosing one word. My word for the New Year. I love this tradition, it forces me to think big picture, before...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2021/01/13/my-word-for-2021-prioritize/
Geneva has always, and I imagine, will always, feel like home. I feel at home in Washington DC, I also feel at home in Louisiana, yet somehow when I land in Geneva I feel like I am in my “first...
The last two weeks of December are a time to take stock of the year that is ending, and to look forward to a new year that is about to begin. I usually make a list of highlights and lowlights for...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2020/12/17/taking-stock-of-2020-thinking-ahead-to-2021/
This year, I was done with my holiday shopping on December 2nd, out of fear of shipping delays and out of stocks. I bought one gift in a physical store (at Rag & Bone in Georgetown), and all othe...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2020/12/08/my-2020-gift-guides/
On the eve of Thanksgiving 2020, I am grateful. I am grateful for my husband, my family, my team members, my friends. I am grateful for my health, for the roof over my head, for the food on my pl...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2020/11/25/gratitudes-for-2020/
Months ago, my husband and I made plans to travel to Morro Bay for Thanksgiving, to spend it with my mother-in-law, and brother-in-law and his family. We had planned a big Easter gathering there,...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2020/11/18/a-different-kind-of-thanksgiving/
If you want to read about the election that is less than two weeks away, close your browser right now. Indeed, I was asked this week why my blog matters right now (i.e. between now and November 3...
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2020/10/22/i-am-not-my-thoughts/
This is week 42 of year 2020, yet I am only on my 23rd book… While I usually read an average of one book every week or ten days, I have had a harder time reading over the last couple of months....
https://adamantaboutbeauty.com/2020/10/14/recommitting-to-reading/