MISS CAVENDISH

American Thanksgiving is a time for thanks and hats. In pre-pandemic times, local elementary schoolchildren would deck themselves out in bes...

I've been up until 2 a.m. many a night (morning?) over the past couple of weeks, working away on all things literary--reading, grading, ...

  Mr. C and I celebrated twenty-nine years of marriage earlier this month. We don't usually give each other gifts, but, curiously, both ...

While I was recovering from knee surgery over the Christmas holidays, Mr. C took our three children to Chelsea Market, where he and I had ...

Is this beautiful tartan dress by Emilia Wickstead what the Duchess of Cambridge is wearing to the Queen's holiday luncheon? I absol...

The pink and aqua colours in this Demetrios Psillos illustration are calling out to be put into a quilt. Wait--what? I found the above ...

When I find something I love to wear, I wear it again and again, to the point that it often wears out. That used to be the end of the stor...