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The journey from Connecticut River Valley Shade Tobacco Fields to the Mountains of Land Enchantment.

  • Bunkie…

    In Season 2, Episode 3 the Maine Cabin Masters were in Rome, Maine at the former estate of Elizabeth Arden. Elizabeth Arden founded the Red Door Salon in New York in 1910. When her first business partnership ended in 1909, she wanted to have a trade name so she chose the last name Arden from…

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  • In the beginning…

    Born last century, last millennial then came breast cancer, then COVID and finally the closing of my business of 31 years, Downtown Day Spa Santa Fe.Over the last few months of the New Year, I was gifted items symbolic of blessing the launch of a new project. First from Minnesota was sage stick, incense and…

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  • I’ve heard it said some folks are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. I on the other hand was born with an emery board in my hand. At an early age I had a fixation on my naturally occurring long nails. Unlike Barbra Streisand, I passed typing with those long nails. When I…

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  • Leslie Ellen always seemed to be ahead of the trends. How she knew, I’ll never know. In the early 80’s as the movie “10” with Bo Derrick swept us up into a romantic comedy, Leslie swept us up in our very own fantasy on the Connecticut shoreline. Leslie appeared with a leather string bikini with…

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