0°Frock Around the Clock
Frock Around the Clock is an exercise in simplification in which the writer will wear the same dress every day for the year 2015. The dress, Laverne, was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and ethically made in Vietnam. She is the creation of Workhall (aka designer Nicole Campre).
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Positano in the middle of Amalfi Coast
Positano is a lovely resort on the coast of Amalfi which welcomes every year thousands of visitors. This Southern Italian paradise with spectacular scenery and crystal blue seas and green mountains is a popular destination for obvious purposes. This village is beyond panorama!Despite being such a...
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Positano is a lovely resort on the coast of Amalfi which welcomes every year thousands of visitors. This Southern Italian paradise with spectacular scenery and crystal blue seas and green mountains is a popular destination for obvious purposes. This village is beyond panorama!Despite being such a...
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Roman villa Grotte di Catullo
There is an archeological area in the enchanting Sirmione of Catular Grotto, which preserves the remains of one of Northern Italy ’s major residential villas. The reference to Catullo is made by the poet, Latin, and he sings Sirmione as a gem among all the islands, and the peninsuls of the ...
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There is an archeological area in the enchanting Sirmione of Catular Grotto, which preserves the remains of one of Northern Italy ’s major residential villas. The reference to Catullo is made by the poet, Latin, and he sings Sirmione as a gem among all the islands, and the peninsuls of the ...
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Agent: check
Hey all. I’ve been meaning to write and let you know I’ve got an agent now to help me expand this blog project into a full length book. Super exciting, but also means I’ve got heaps of work to do to write a proposal that’s enticing enough that my agent can sell it! I’ll keep you updated here on h...
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Hey all. I’ve been meaning to write and let you know I’ve got an agent now to help me expand this blog project into a full length book. Super exciting, but also means I’ve got heaps of work to do to write a proposal that’s enticing enough that my agent can sell it! I’ll keep you updated here on h...
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Make like Mackenzie and MOULT
I spent Christmas Day 2009 watching a crayfish named Mackenzie shed its shell.I’d taken a leave from work at the Edmonton Journal and was living in Boulder CO for a couple of months while doing ashtanga yoga training with Richard Freeman. In mid December my husband joined me so we could have a Ch...
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I spent Christmas Day 2009 watching a crayfish named Mackenzie shed its shell.I’d taken a leave from work at the Edmonton Journal and was living in Boulder CO for a couple of months while doing ashtanga yoga training with Richard Freeman. In mid December my husband joined me so we could have a Ch...
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Thanks to My Green Closet’s Verena Erin (hometown Edmonton, now...
Thanks to My Green Closet’s Verena Erin (hometown Edmonton, now based in Cologne, Germany) for taking an interest in this project and sharing it with your huge audience! Ich habe mich total gefreut, Sie kennezulernen! Naechtes mal auf Deutsch vielleicht? xx
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Thanks to My Green Closet’s Verena Erin (hometown Edmonton, now based in Cologne, Germany) for taking an interest in this project and sharing it with your huge audience! Ich habe mich total gefreut, Sie kennezulernen! Naechtes mal auf Deutsch vielleicht? xx
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Adieu Laverne(s)
Wrote this essay for my beloved home newspaper about the end of my year with Laverne. Funnily enough, the only person I’ve ever met in real life with the name Laverne was a fabulously sarcastic brunette who did admin for many many a year in the Edmonton Journal newsroom. ♥ Laverne B. ♥Goodbye Lav...
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Wrote this essay for my beloved home newspaper about the end of my year with Laverne. Funnily enough, the only person I’ve ever met in real life with the name Laverne was a fabulously sarcastic brunette who did admin for many many a year in the Edmonton Journal newsroom. ♥ Laverne B. ♥Goodbye Lav...
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Laverne cult-ette? You’ve got mail
I’ve had some really lovely emails from people here there and everywhere in response to my project. Here’s a sampling, including one that proposes a Laverne “cult-ette.” :)Subject: InspirationalHi Elizabeth, I don’t normally do this but I wanted to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed...
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I’ve had some really lovely emails from people here there and everywhere in response to my project. Here’s a sampling, including one that proposes a Laverne “cult-ette.” :)Subject: InspirationalHi Elizabeth, I don’t normally do this but I wanted to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed...
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Me ‘n man buns go A1
Just wanted to send out a thank you to all the media organizations who’ve taken an interest in my one-dress-one-year experiment in recent weeks/days. I’ve never aspired to being a cover girl. But SHARING THE FRONT PAGE WITH MAN BUNS?!?! Well, that’s one for the history books.Thanks to the f...
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Just wanted to send out a thank you to all the media organizations who’ve taken an interest in my one-dress-one-year experiment in recent weeks/days. I’ve never aspired to being a cover girl. But SHARING THE FRONT PAGE WITH MAN BUNS?!?! Well, that’s one for the history books.Thanks to the f...
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Tasting (floral) freedom
In the end, I wore another black frock on New Year’s Day.Creature of habit? Perhaps.I don’t know why I settled on this particular outfit. Some things didn’t fit. I wasn’t in the mood for jeans. And I really do feel most comfortable in a dress and tights. This outfit isn’t new, and it isn’t partic...
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In the end, I wore another black frock on New Year’s Day.Creature of habit? Perhaps.I don’t know why I settled on this particular outfit. Some things didn’t fit. I wasn’t in the mood for jeans. And I really do feel most comfortable in a dress and tights. This outfit isn’t new, and it isn’t partic...
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Masturdating on NYE
Who knew going out for dinner by yourself had a name?It’s called masturdating. And that’s what I did on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the end of my year with Laverne.The black dress and I went for dinner at Rge Rd, a restaurant I’ve been wanting to try since it opened four years ago. I’ve heard onl...
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Who knew going out for dinner by yourself had a name?It’s called masturdating. And that’s what I did on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the end of my year with Laverne.The black dress and I went for dinner at Rge Rd, a restaurant I’ve been wanting to try since it opened four years ago. I’ve heard onl...
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