tjsthings

I couldn’t tell you whether it was the first time I saw the video of Never Too Much or that copy of The Night I Fell in Love that mother used to play in the cassette player of her car when I was a kid, but Luther’s music has been a part of my life… Read more

Today, I learned that Oprah had been turned away from Hermes in Paris. Hermes tried to make nice and say that they were closed because of a PR event, but I don’t think Gayle would have said that Oprah (mind you a woman who grew up poor in Mississippi, a woman who was sexually assaulted… Read more

Today I listened. I was sitting in my bedroom reading when I heard my husband making a snack for our sons. I listened to them run and play. I listened to the corn pop. I listened to the baby sleep. I listened to the bowls and the silver clang. I listened to my husband send… Read more

It’s that time of the year again. Weddings. I have witnessed some dramatic weddings. Everything from vast fabulous affairs where most of the folk there were wondering if they would last six months, to the simple. I think that the simpler ones have been the most touching. Not that I mind a good party or… Read more