STILL BLOOMING: This woman ---> naturally elegant, warm and generous Patti. If there ever was a list of "must read" blogs for plus forty something ladies, her blog is definitely one of them. Patti's Not Yet Dead Style is a great source for thoughtful comment as well as real life outfits and it is a hub a a vibrant community of +40 women who are exploring the subject of personal style.

I'm going to keep this pithy: I haven't been there for YOU, lately. I've been um, well, my head space is someplace else. It hasn't been here. On the interwebs. But let me confess, I haven't been very present on the blog for quite some time. 

I've been floundering. 

In fact, I'd been feeling a bit set adrift, too busy, too tired and